Murray monologue — The Straw

(_consolingly_) You'll be going away yourself before long. (Eileen _shakes her head. He goes on without noticing, wrapped in his own success._) Oh, Eileen, you can't imagine all it opens up for me--selling that story. I don't have to go back home to stagnate. I can go straight to New York, and live, and meet real people who are doing things. I can take my time, and try and do the work I hope to. (_Feelingly._) You don't know how grateful I am to you, Eileen--how you've helped me. Oh, I don't mean just the typing, I mean your encouragement, your faith! I'd never have had guts enough to stick to it myself. The stories would never have been written if it hadn't been for you.