No, a gentleman should throw a decent veil of secrecy over his—flirtations. But, you see, if I had done that, I should have been a hypocrite; now I'm only a brute.
Miss Macfarlane.
Oh, my dear boy, don't be a brute, and then you needn't be a hypocrite. There's the way out of that.
Denham.
It is a narrow way.
Miss Macfarlane.
If ye can't have good morals, at least have good manners. (Crosses l.)
Denham.
Oh, good manners are becoming obsolete. They are too much trouble for this Bohemian age. Ladies and gentlemen went out with gold snuffboxes and hooped petticoats; we are trying to be men and women now, frankly and brutally.
Miss Macfarlane.