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Liliom
[Stares at her a moment, considering, then with sudden, smiling animation.] So the people don't like Hollinger?
Mrs. Muskat
You know very well they don't, you rascal.
Liliom
Well
Mrs. Muskat
You're always been happy at the carousel. It's a great life—pretty girls and beer and cigars and music—a great life and an easy one. I'll tell you what—come back and I'll give you a ring that used to belong to my dear departed husband. Well, will you come?
Liliom
She's not that kind. She'd never be a servant girl again. But—but—for my part—if I decide—that needn't make any difference. I can go on living with her even if I do go back to my art
Mrs. Muskat
My God!
Liliom
What's the matter?
