_Peggy._ What do you think of my love-interest?

_Will._ I think it's rotten.

_Peggy._ Will!

_Will._ Absolutely rotten! The idea of having her turn Jack down--at
the very beginning of the play!

_Peggy._ But that's exactly what happened! Didn't Gladys turn _you_
down? And besides, she can take him up again, if you like.

_Will._ How's she going to see him when he goes out on the street?

_Peggy._ Can't she run into him somewhere by accident?

_Will._ By accident--in a city of six million people!

_Peggy._ Well then, why not have her go where he goes? Let Bob
follow Jack, or let them hire a detective.

_Will._ Melodrama! Ten-twenty-thirty! I don't like Gladys as a
character any more than I did as a person. She's shallow and
cheap--a regular worldling! I won't have any such creature in my
play!

_Peggy._ There's no use talking that way, Will, you simply can't
write a money-making play without love-interest. And also you've got
to have comedy characters--real characters--