Daisy. You'll have to leave the service. Does that really matter to you very much?
George. It was my whole life.
Daisy. You'll get a job in the post office. With your knowledge of the language they'll simply jump at you. It's a Chinese service. It has nothing to do with Europeans.
George. Do you think the postmaster in a small Chinese city is a very lucrative position?
Daisy. What does money matter? If I'd wanted money I could have got all I wanted from Lee Tai. We can do with very little. You don't know what a clever housekeeper I am.
George. [In a level, dead voice.] I'm sure you're wonderful.
Daisy. We'll go to some city where there are no foreigners. And we shall be together always. We'll have a house high up on the bank and below us the river will flow, flow endlessly.
George. You seem to have got it all mapped out.
Daisy. If you only knew how often I've dreamed of it. Oh, George, I want rest and peace too! I'm so tired. I want endless days to rest in. [With a puzzled look at him.] What is the matter? You look so strange.
George. [With a weary sigh.] I was thinking of all the things you've been saying to me.