"Then there can't be any gossip in it."
"I never concern myself with gossip, Franklyn. I wish I could make you understand that."
"I wish you could, too." He laid his paper down. "Well, I'm off to the club, unless you are particularly in need of me."
"You are always going to the club."
"Or coming back."
"Some husbands—"
"Yes, I know. But the men I play poker with are too much interested in the draw to talk about other men's wives."
"It's the talk of the town the way you men play cards."
"Better the purse than the reputation."
"I haven't any doubt that you are doing your best to deplete both," coldly.