Mrs. Martineau: And they talk about the conspicuous, which doesn’t mean anything. Of course it is dreadful to be conspicuously imperfect, just as it is delightful to be conspicuously perfect. But the conspicuousness is just underlining.
Ann: So few of us can afford to be underlined.
Selina: Blue serge and black velvet are safest in all things.
Mrs. Martineau: There isn’t much blue serge and black velvet about you, Selina.
Selina: No. I’m always in the worst of taste.
Mrs. Martineau: We all dress for women, really.
Selina: To annoy women, you mean?
Lady Emily: With some people all admiration is a form of envy, and all pleasure is a compound of pleasing and annoying your friends.
Selina: How moral you are this evening, Aunt Emily.
Lady Emily: Not moral, my dear, moralizing—it’s not the same thing.