[_Slowly_]. You got a papa? LEE [_Gently_]. I had a father, and I had a mother, too. They both died while I was working. I was working for another man. I had to attend to my business, and I did. SARA Your papa and mama wouldn’t attend to _their_ business if _you_ should die, God forbid. LEE My father and mother were on the stage all their lives, and I know they were proud to have me stick to my duty. SARA That’s what Jakie is doing ... his duty. LEE I’m sorry, Mrs. Rabinowitz, if I don’t seem to sympathize. But my relations with your son are business relations. He owes me a great deal. SARA From business I don’t know. All I know is what is in my Jakie’s heart. In his heart is love for his God and for his papa, and he wants tonight to sing to God the way his papa learned him.... Don’t you know this?... You looked at Jakie. Couldn’t you see this in his eyes? LEE Pardon me. [_At phone._] Yes? Gene? SARA I got to go to the kitchen. I forgot to light my candles. [_She goes._] LEE Gene, do everything just as I laid it out before I left. We positively open tonight. Let Carter do all Robin’s scenes and numbers. He’ll do until Valentine can get up in the part. Now connect me with the booking office. [_There is a knock on the door._] Come in! [MARY _enters._] Mary! How did you get down here? MARY Gene told me I’d find you here. LEE [_In phone_]. Hello. Anthony?... Did you hear from the booking office?... No, I told you to tell them we will not postpone. Jack Robin suddenly taken ill. Carter will appear tonight.... Did you wire Todd Valentine?... Good. Stick to the figure I gave you, but if he’s obstinate, double it if you have to—but close it in tonight by wire. He can work in every number we’ve got.... Goodbye.... I’ll be back later. MARY Harry, aren’t you a bit hard on Jack? He doesn’t really want to do this, you know. He has to. LEE Oh, no. He doesn’t have to. That boy is sentimental about his mother and father. He’s willing to be a failure just to be able to say, “I did it for my parents.” MARY You’re just as big a baby as he is! Jack is crazy to make good for you. You ought to know that. LEE You didn’t talk to him. I did. MARY [_Frightened_]. You talked to Jack? What did he say? LEE He’s going to stay down here. MARY For good? LEE How should I know? MARY