I'll tell you, George. When you came home this afternoon I
realized something I hadn't realized before. I saw that the tide was
against me, that I was like that old English king who set his throne on
the sands and thought he could stay the waters. If--if anything had
happened to you, I couldn't have fought on, but now that you're here with
me again, now that you've risked your life and almost lost it for this
--this new order in which you believe, why, it's enough for me--I can
surrender with honour. I'm tired, I need a rest. I'd have gone down
fighting, but I guess you've saved me. I've been true to my
convictions,--you, who belong to the new generation, must be true to
yours. And as I told you once, all I care about this business is to hand
it over to you.
GEORGE. You'll help me!
ASHER. This seems to be Jonathan's speciality,--science. But I never
give my word half heartedly, my boy, and I'll back you to my last dollar.
Be prepared for disappointments,--but if you accomplish something, I'll
be glad. And if you fail, George,--any failure for a man's convictions
is a grand failure.
GEORGE. Well, it means life to me, dad. I owe it to you.
ASHER (turning toward DR. JONATHAN). No, you owe it to him,--to science.
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