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?