Elizabeth. [Pretending to tease him.] I think you’ve got a young woman out there, Teddie.
Teddie. [Vehemently.] Oh, no!
[She is a little taken aback by the earnestness of his disclaimer. There is a moment’s silence, then she recovers herself.
Elizabeth. But you’ll have to marry and settle down one of these days, you know.
Teddie. I want to, but it’s not a thing you can do lightly.
Elizabeth. I don’t know why there more than elsewhere.
Teddie. In England if people don’t get on they go their own ways and jog along after a fashion. In a place like that you’re thrown a great deal on your own resources.
Elizabeth. Of course.
Teddie. Lots of girls come out because they think they’re going to have a good time. But if they’re empty-headed, then they’re just faced with their own emptiness and they’re done. If their husbands can afford it they go home and settle down as grass-widows.