Lady Town. Before I know the question?
Lord Town. Psha——have I power, Madam, to make you serious by intreaty?
Lady Town. You have.
Lord Town. And you promise to answer me sincerely?
Lady Town. Sincerely.
Lord Town. Now then recollect your thoughts, and tell me seriously, Why you married me?
Lady Town. You insist upon truth, you say?
Lord Town. I think I have a right to it.
Lady Town. Why then, my Lord, to give you, at once, a proof of my obedience and sincerity——I think——I married—to take off that restraint, that lay upon my pleasures, while I was a single woman.
Lord Town. How, Madam! is any woman under less restraint after marriage, than before it?