Mrs. Warren. Yes ... yes. Though one can hardly think of any woman unlawfully taking a poor gentleman's trousers.
Mrs. Lawty. Hardly. But to steal one's good name is to take one's cloak of righteousness, so to speak. And, oh, my dear, few people can face the world without it. The soul is so much more important than the body.
Mrs. Warren. One should keep both properly clothed.
Mrs. Lawty. Yes ... though on the South Sea Islands the people wear nothing but grass skirts.
Mrs. Warren. One could hardly do that in England.
Mrs. Lawty. Oh, but the people there, in the South Seas, are like little children ... pure of mind. And so it is one of the very first rules of the "Helping Hand Society" that no gossip shall pass our lips.
Mrs. Warren. Such a worthy organization. I am sure the ladies of Northampton are doing a noble work.
Mrs. Lawty. Oh, yes, indeed, Mrs. Warren. Why, only last week we sent off a large box of soap to the natives of East Africa and now we are getting a box of napkins and tablecloths ready. We are doing such splendid work for our less fortunate brothers and sisters in a far land.
Mrs. Warren. Brothers and sisters! One hardly feels that way toward them, Mrs. Lawty. I am told they are quite black.
Mrs. Lawty. Nevertheless they are Gaud's creatures.