Frances Trebell. I think he has made a mistake.
Mrs. Farrant. It makes things easier now ... his having kept his freedom.
Frances Trebell. I think it's a mistake to stand outside a system. There's an inhumanity in that amount of detachment ...
Mrs. Farrant. [Brilliantly.] I think a statesman may be a little inhuman.
Lady Davenport. [With keenness.] Do you mean superhuman? It's not the same thing, you know.
Mrs. Farrant. I know.
Lady Davenport. Most people don't know.
Mrs. Farrant. [Proceeding with her cynicism.] Humanity achieves ... what? Housekeeping and children.
Frances Trebell. As far as a woman's concerned.
Mrs. Farrant. [A little mockingly.] Now, Mamma, say that is as far as a woman's concerned.