Helen
I have thought all night, John. You have shown me how to say it.
John
But, but—why, this is utterly unbelievable! Why I'm not even shocked. Do you notice? I'm not even shocked? Because everything you have said, everything you have done—it all proves that you are a good woman.
Helen
If I were a bad woman, I'd inveigle him into marriage, John.
John
Inveigle! Marriage! Are you crazy? ... Oh, this is all one of your highbrow jokes!
Helen
John, weren't you serious when you said marriage would destroy him?