Miss Woodward.

You will let me be quite frank?

Mrs. Parbury.

Oh, I shall like it.

Mrs. Parbury.

I’ll take the risk. [Comes down L., sits on sofa.] Go on, please.

Miss Woodward.

The interest which I began to take in Mr. Parbury sprang in a way from what has been called the maternal instinct.

Mrs. Parbury.

If you go through the world exercising your maternal instinct on other women’s husbands, Miss Woodward, you’ll end badly.