Quote From Noel Coward's "Fumed Oak"

Henry in Noël Coward's Fumed Oak:

Elsie, you've got a chance, it's a slim one, I grant you, but still it's a chance. If you learn to work and be independent and, when the time comes, give what you have to give freely and without demanding lifelong payment for it, there's just a bit of hope that you'll turn into a decent human being.