ANGUS (deprecatorily)
Oh, don’t say that—
THE DEVIL
But such infatuation is hundredth-rate. Generally to be met with among the middle classes—that is, the lowest class of intelligence—
AGNUS
The middle class—lowest?
THE DEVIL
Creatures of law and respectability always are. Aristocracy is lower-class people getting intelligence. Middle-class people only get money. There are hardly any American aristocrats—and those few live abroad—
AGNUS
Nonsense! You wouldn’t call Miss Felix middle-class.