Lord William: Just the same as they were fifty years ago. Why should they change now?
Ann: And Ninian thinks that he has wronged me, and Tim believes that I am a saint.
Lord William: Ninian did wrong you and you are a saint.
Ann: What was it you said? In life we don’t go from one thing to another, but from one thing to the same thing.
Lord William: You see, one is after all the same person. Whatever we do, our actions are defeated by our characters.
Ann: Then this merry-go-round is a life sentence?
Lord William: And you can’t change your swan without falling.
Ann (passionately): I want to fall——
Lord William (gently): Listen, my dear, to what Emily is saying.
Lady Emily:—she really was a very silly woman. Looking up with her huge blue eyes, she said, “My husband married me for love.”