_Curph._ I daresay I have no right to speak; but you may not be aware that all music-halls are now subject to the strictest supervision. And a body like the London County Council is not likely to sanction any impropriety in the entertainments. _Mr. Toov. (to himself)._ If I could only persuade myself that I might keep the shares with a good conscience! To give up three hundred and fifty a year, without necessity! I wonder what he would say. (_Aloud._) True, that didn't occur to me before; and the London County Council, they wouldn't encourage anything really----If I could only be sure--and I'm open to conviction--I hope I'm always open to conviction. [Illustration: "I drop into a music-hall?"] _Curph. (to himself)._ He's coming round; he's not such a pig-headed old Pharisee as I thought. (_Aloud._) I am sure you are. You are not the man to condemn any form of amusement, however harmless, merely because you find no attraction in it yourself. _Mr. Toov._ No, no. And I see the force of what you say; and if I could only once satisfy myself that the entertainment was really harmless---- _Curph. (to himself)._ He couldn't very well object to _my_ part of it--it's an idea, and worth trying. (_Aloud._) My dear Sir, why _shouldn't_ you? In any case I should terminate my connection with the music-hall as soon as possible. _Mr. Toov. (disappointed)._ Would you? Then you _do_ think----? But the sacrifice, my dear young friend, it--it's a great deal of money to give up! _Curph. (lightly)._ Oh, that's of no consequence. I shouldn't think of that, for a moment! _Mr. Toov. (to himself, annoyed)._ It's all very well for him to talk like that, but it's _my_ sacrifice, and I _do_ think of it! (_Aloud._) But--but wouldn't it be a little Quixotic to withdraw from this Eldorado, supposing I found there was no moral objection to it, eh? _Curph._ I thought you would be the first to insist that the Eldorado should be given up! Surely, Sir, when I tell you that I love your daughter; that I hope, though I have not spoken as yet, to enter your family some day as your son-in-law, you will look at it differently? _Mr. Toov. (to himself)._ He does want to marry our THEA? CORNELIA will he delighted--delighted, but I really can't allow him to dictate to me whether to sell the shares or not! (_Aloud, with dignity._) My good young friend, I have lived longer than you in the world, and you will permit me to say that if, after investigation, I see no cause to disapprove of the Eldorado, there is no reason that I can discover why _you_ should hesitate to enter my family. I--I must act on my own judgment--entirely on my own judgment! _Curph. (to himself)._ He _is_ an old trump! Who would have thought he'd be so reasonable. (_Aloud, overjoyed._) My dear Sir, how can I thank you? That is all I ask--more than I could possibly have expected. And I was about to suggest that you might drop into the Eldorado some evening this week and judge for yourself.