Martin: Who began it?
Jessica: You did. Men always do.
Martin: Always. What was the beginning of your quarrel with men?
Jessica: They say girls can't throw straight.
Martin: Silly asses! I'd like to see them throw as straight as girls. Did you ever watch them at it? Men can throw straight in one direction only—but watch a girl! she'll throw straight all round the compass. Why, a man will throw straight at the moon and miss it by the eighth of an inch; but a girl will throw at the sun and hit the moon as straight as a die. I never saw a girl throw yet without straightway finding some mark or other.
Jessica: Yes, but you can't convince a man till he's hit.
Martin: Hit him then.
Jessica: It didn't convince him. He said I'd missed. And he said he had hi—he wasn't convinced.
Martin: Did he really say that? These men can no more talk straight than throw straight. Can you talk straight, Jessica?
Jessica: Yes, Martin.