MRS. FELIX
I wish I could convince the lot of you where your duty lies! Can’t you see that all this comes from not giving women the vote long ago?
FANNY
Mother, dear!—exercise your monomania at any other time than this!
MAGNUS (to Mrs. Felix, amused)
Really?
MRS. FELIX
Really! When a woman is allowed to figure out her duty to the nation, she’ll want her husband to give it his best, instead of giving his best to her.
FANNY
What nonsense, mother! A man’s first duty is to his home—