"And now?"
"Now, I wish him well of his bargain, and my thanks are due to him."
"Why?"
"Because, without knowing it, he has taught me what women are."
"What do you mean?"
"I—loved you, Cleone. To me you were one apart—holy, immaculate—"
"Yes?" said Cleone very softly.
"And I find you—"
"Only a—woman, sir,—who will not be watched, and frowned at, and spied upon."
"—a heartless coquette—" said Barnabas.