‘Several!’
‘It was before I had met you, dear. I owed you no duty.’
‘You have loved several men.’
‘The feeling was for the most part quite superficial. There are many different sorts and degrees of love.’
‘Good God, Maude! How many men inspired this feeling in you?’
‘The truth is, Frank, that a healthy young woman who has imagination and a warm heart is attracted by every young man. I know that you wish me to be frank and to return your confidence. But there is a certain kind of young man with whom I always felt my interest deepen.’
‘Oh, you did discriminate?’
‘Now you are getting bitter. I will say no more.’
‘You have said too much. You must go on now.’
‘Well, I was only going to say that dark men always had a peculiar fascination for me. I don’t know what it is, but the feeling is quite overpowering.’