MARWOOD.
But even were Mellefont my brother, I must tell you, that I should unhesitatingly side with one of my own sex against him, if I perceived that he did not act quite honestly towards her. We women ought properly to consider every insult shown to one of us as an insult to the whole sex, and to make it a common affair, in which even the sister and mother of the guilty one ought not to hesitate to share.
SARA.
This remark----
MARWOOD.
Has already been my guide now and then in doubtful cases.
SARA.
And promises me--I tremble.
MARWOOD.
No, Miss Sampson, if you mean to tremble, let us speak of something else----