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.