“Men, you see, are beasts, Mrs. Davis; and not only beasts, but silly beasts.”
“They don’t know when they are well off, Mrs. Davis.”
“But women do, Mrs. Davis, when men insist on remaining single.”
“A pity for them, then, Mrs. Davis, that they don’t insist on remaining single too.”
“A great pity, Mrs. Davis; but women are in everything self-sacrificing.”
“They know how to take consolation for their injuries, Mrs. Davis.”
“The one lesson for which they are thankfully indebted to men, Mrs. Davis.”
“Take care what you’re confessing to, Mrs. Davis!”
“Or what calumnies you are making poor Kit responsible for, Mrs. Davis,” said her ladyship, with a little contemptuous laugh.
“O, Kit is the devil!” shouted the Earl, his wrath, till then steadily crescendo, exploding in a clap.