Lucy
John is trustee of—oh, nearly everything. That makes it all the worse. It isn't as if you had to work.
Helen
Oh, but John is so rich now, his credit can stand it. And you oughtn't to mind! Why, some of our most fashionable families now contain freaks like me. It's becoming quite smart, just as in former days one of the sons would go into the Church or the navy.
Lucy
Well, of course, I am old-fashioned, but going down-town every day with the men,—it seems so unwomanly.
Helen
But wasn't I womanly for years? Instead of going down-town and working with highbrows, I stayed up-town and played with lowbrows—until I was bored to death.
Lucy
[sighs]