LENA. I have nothing to put on.
THE MOTHER. I'll let you use my mantilla here
LENA. Oh, no, ma'am, that wouldn't do!
THE MOTHER. Why not?—It is not likely that I'll go to any more parties.
THE OFFICER. And what will father say? It is a present from him——
THE MOTHER. What small minds——
THE FATHER. [Puts his head through the wall] Are you going to lend my present to the servant girl?
THE MOTHER. Don't talk that way! Can you not remember that I was a servant girl also? Why should you offend one who has done nothing?
THE FATHER. Why should you offend me, your husband?
THE MOTHER. Oh, this life! If you do anything nice, there is always somebody who finds it nasty. If you act kindly to one, it hurts another. Oh, this life!