Dawson. [Embarrassed.] Well—I—I'm afraid I shall have to leave the answer with you—am I?
Mrs. Lorrimer. Yes, I think you are—and why have you never married?
Dawson. Well, you see, some people marry so often, some others of us don't marry at all, just to strike a sort of balance!
Mrs. Lorrimer. [Laughing.] That's mean of you to say to me! Come, answer my question honestly.
Dawson. Well, I've only known one woman in the world who wouldn't bore me.
Mrs. Lorrimer. There are such things as happy marriages, aren't there?
Dawson. I should like to risk one, only— [He hesitates and stops.
Mrs. Lorrimer. This "one woman in the world?"
Dawson. Oh, she's absurd, impossible!
Mrs. Lorrimer. Why?...