Stowaway1936

Susan Parker:
Do you know where Ching-Ching is?

Tommy Randall:
Yes.

Susan Parker:
Well, would you mind telling me?

Tommy Randall:
She's below, getting ready to leave the ship at the next stop. They're sending her to an orphanage for girls. She'll be marching in lockstep and eating gruel within a week. I hope you like it!

Susan Parker:
Surely something can be done. That can't happen to Ching-Ching.

Tommy Randall:
Wait a minute, I've got an idea. You're going to marry old sourpuss, aren't you?

Susan Parker:
I beg your pardon!

Tommy Randall:
I'm sorry, no offense meant. Look, I wanted to adopt Ching-Ching, but they won't let me because I'm unmarried. But you're getting married, you can adopt her.

Susan Parker:
But Richard and I...

Tommy Randall:
[shouting] You don't want her to go to an instituion, do you?

Susan Parker:
[shouting] Of course not!

Tommy Randall:
Look, I've gone completely soft about this kid. I know it's hard to believe, but true. Won't you please take her and let me pay for her upbringing until I can take her myself? That'll be as quick as I can get to the States and come back with a wife. You may not believe it, but there are quite a few women back home who'd be willing to marry me. Look, it's not for me, it's for Ching-Ching! Won't you please do it?

Susan Parker:
All right, I'll do it.