MELISANDE. The secret of happiness.
GERVASE. Ah, what is it, Melisande? (She smiles and shakes her head). . . . I met a magician in the woods this morning.
MELISANDE. Did he speak to you?
GERVASE. He told me the secret of happiness.
MELISANDE. What did he tell you?
GERVASE. He said it was marriage.
MELISANDE. Ah, but he didn't mean by marriage what so many people mean.
GERVASE. He seemed a very potent magician.
MELISANDE. Marriage to many people means just food. Housekeeping. He didn't mean that.
GERVASE. A very wise and reverend magician.