[Withdrawing her hand.] Oh, but please wait!
Pollitt.
Wait!
Sophy.
I mean, I certainly couldn't dream of accepting the attentions of any man until he fully understood—
Pollitt.
Understood what?
Sophy.
[Summoning all her dignity.] Oh, I'll be perfectly straight with you—until he fully understood that, whatever my station in life may be now, I have risen from rather—well, I may say very small beginnings.
Pollitt.