Helen
[demurely]
Of course! You don't suppose I'd take advantage of the poor fellow's weakness. Women often do, I admit—even when not in love, sometimes.... Not because they're depraved but dependent.
John
[to all]
And then he proposed this wicked substitute! Poisoned her innocent mind—the bounder!
Helen
But he did nothing of the sort.
John
Oh, your own idea, was it?