Max would like to see his sister, from whom he has been separated for 50 years. Max and Jennie feel that they have pressing responsiblities with their newly-established Florida home, so they would prefer his sister and her husband come from Argentina for a visit. But if necessary, Max and Jennie will visit them in South America.
(As Max is a very pragmatic, in-the-present individual we can interpret his dreaming as visualizing their reunion, which for five decades seemed utterly impossible. In 1968, it became reality.)
MAX: As far as we are concerned, we are dreamers, me and Mama are dreamers.
If you know we are trying to go to Argentina and on account of various things, like Mama's troubles, we realize that on account of the poor conditions of the plumbing, what you call, it would be not wise to go there for a month or so. So it would be a better idea if my sister and my brother-in-law would come to the United States. And they were negotiating, they were writing back and forth, but nothing came out of it.
I even offered to Rosie two hundred dollars, to shtippen them what you call, for my sister and her husband to come here. And I dreamt, maybe on account of our fiftieth, maybe if they could work it out, they should come for the end of the summer, and really have a reunion.
But it's only a dream, I don't know what you could do about it. I offered to Rosie, and let them take it from here on. But nobody can stop me of dreaming, because sooner or later, if she doesn't come here, we will go there, and take the chance. So it's another item that we can dream about, or talk about.