Well, I'm just an old-fashioned wife. Woman's sphere is the home. My husband says so.
Helen
But suppose you haven't any husband! What can a spinster do in the home?
Lucy
Stay in it—till she gets one! That's what the old-fashioned spinster used to do.
Helen
The old-fashioned spinster used to spin.
Lucy
At any rate, the old-fashioned spinster did not stay out of her home all night and get herself compromised, talked about, sent abroad! Or, if she did, she knew enough to remain abroad until the gossip blew over.
[Lucy turns to leave.