Amy O'Connell. [Kindly.] I'm not quite a fool though you think so on a three months' acquaintance. But tell me this ... what education besides marriage does a woman get?
Trebell. [His head lifting quickly.] Education....
Amy O'Connell. Don't be business-like.
Trebell. I beg your pardon.
Amy O'Connell. Do you think the things you like to have taught in schools are any use to one when one comes to deal with you?
Trebell. [After a little scrutiny of her-face.] Well, if marriage is only the means to an end ... what's the end? Not flirtation.
Amy O'Connell. [With an air of self-revelation.] I don't know. To keep one's place in the world, I suppose, one's self-respect and a sense of humour.
Trebell. Is that difficult?
Amy O'Connell. To get what I want, without paying more than it's worth to me....?
Trebell. Never to be reckless.