Gripe. Business! she has a pretty head for business truly: O ho, let her change her way of living, or I'll make her change a light heart for a heavy one.
Flip. And why would you have her change her way of living, Sir? You see it agrees with her. She never look'd better in her life.
Gripe. Don't tell me of her looks, I have done with her looks long since. But I'll make her change her life, or——
Flip. Indeed. Sir, you won't.
Gripe. Why, what shall hinder me, insolence?
Flip. That which hinders most husbands; contradiction.
Gripe. Suppose I resolve I won't be contradicted?
Flip. Suppose she resolves you shall?
Gripe. A wife's resolution is not good by law.
Flip. Nor a husband's by custom.