Judge
Oh, is it to gain character at the expense of helpless offspring? Society doesn't gain by that—it loses, Lucy, it loses.... But simply because, God bless 'em, "they love each other through it all," you sentimental standpatters believe in lying about it, do you?
John
[bored, whips out pocket check-book and fountain pen]
Oh, talk, talk, talk! Money talks for me.... But they're both so confoundedly proud!
Judge
Go on, write that check! [John writes.] They must sacrifice their pride, John. Nothing else left to sacrifice, I'm afraid.
John
Well, you get this to them somehow.
[Hands check to Judge.