ELSIE. Would you rather I lived with him without being married?
AUSTIN. Elsie!
ELSIE (coolly). Oh, it's all right, father. Uncle deserves a good shock. He's hopelessly suburban.
EDMUND (pompously). Elsie, I am older than you and——
ELSIE (pertly). Yes. That's your misfortune.
EDMUND (angrily). Will you allow me to speak without interrupting?
(Austin sits in the armchair.)
ELSIE. Yes, if you'll speak sensibly and won't put on side because your mind's grown old and pompous as well as your body.
AUSTIN. Elsie, I won't have this rudeness to your uncle.
ELSIE. My dear father, uncle is being stupid. The only way to combat stupidity is rudeness. Therefore, I am rude.