Is he in bad trouble, that hero of yours? Arrested? Convicted? Yes. But he did nothing...

Tevye: [about Perchik] Is he in bad trouble, that hero of yours? [Hodel nods] Tevye: Arrested? [she nods again] Tevye: Convicted? Hodel: Yes. But he did nothing wrong. He cares nothing for himself. Everything he does is for other people. Tevye: Yes, but if he did nothing wrong, he wouldn't be in trouble. Hodel: Oh Papa, how can you say that? What wrongs did Joseph do? And Abraham, and Moses? And they had troubles. Tevye: Yes, but... But why won't you tell me where he is now, this Joseph of yours? Hodel: It is far, Papa. Terribly far. He is in a settlement in Siberia. Tevye: [shocked] Siberia! And he asks you to leave your father and mother, and join him in that frozen wasteland and marry him there? Hodel: No, Papa. He did not ask me to go. I *want* to go. I don't want him to be alone. I want to help him in his work. Tevye: Hodel... Hodel: Papa. [sings] Hodel: How can I hope to make you understand, why I do what I do? Why I must travel to a distant land, far from the home I love. Once I was happily content to be, as I was, where I was. Close to the people who are close to me, here in the home I love. Who could see that a man would come, who would change the shape of my dreams? Helpless now, I stand with him, watching older dreams grow dim. Oh, what a melancholy choice this is, wanting home, wanting him... Closing my heart to every hope but his, leaving the home I love. There where my heart has settled long ago, I must go, I must go. Who could imagine I'd be wandering so far from the home I love. Yet... there with my love, I'm home. [the train is heard] Tevye: [concerned] And, who my child will there be to perform a marriage there in the wilderness? Hodel: [smiling] Papa, I promise you, we will be married under a canopy. Tevye: Yes, yes. No doubt, a Rabbi or two were also arrested. [the train pulls in, Tevye lifts Hodel's luggage aboard] Hodel: [crying and hugging him] Papa! God alone knows when we shall see each other again. Tevye: Then, we will leave it in His hands. [he helps her aboard and watches the train pull out] Tevye: [looking up] Take care of her. See that she dresses warm.