No, John, I am only a bachelor who is very much in love with life in general and one lady in particular.
JOHN
You can know nothing of children, then.
NATHANIEL
I remember myself. Most men forget their younger selves and that is fatal.
JOHN
One would think to hear you talk that the most important things in life were a boy of fourteen and his moorings.
NATHANIEL
One might know it.
JOHN