"People should be more careful. If they don't want children, they should be more careful."
"If you know you can get rid of them, why be careful?"
A woman fanned herself with her pocketbook and glanced at her companion. "Have another sandwich, dear?"
"No, on a diet you know." The companion sighed. "It's too bad that they abolished capital punishment. Believe me, this d'Larte hussy deserves it."
"But it's so much better the way they do it now, I mean sending the guilty to the wars to fight in the front lines. Might as well get some use out of them."
"True. But why bother killing a husband? Divorcing them is so much easier. Only takes a day and you get half the husband's earnings."
"You should know, dear. You've done it enough."
"Only seven times."
"I thought it was eight?"
"I don't count Rodger. The lout killed himself so he wouldn't have to pay me a settlement. Ah, here comes the judge."