Lucy
It's an amusement very dangerous for the husband.
Desmond
One can have feelings and be virtuous.
Lucy Virtue doesn't always make a woman faithful. I'd like a woman better who had no passions rather than one who is governed by them.
(Enter Arabella, singing.)
Arabella
La, la, la, la—la, la, la, la, la.
Desmond
Do you hear, Lucy, do you hear?
Lucy
She has a nice voice, doesn't she?
Desmond
After having seen me before her overcome by emotion—
Arabella
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
Desmond (walking away)
I am outraged to hear that.