"But I would be the head of the house. It is my right and my duty."
"Poor Mrs. Ortez, if there ever is one," Lawrence continued, joking. "She is to be guarded by a great, aggressive, possessing husband. What if she happens to want something you don't approve of?"
"She won't. A good woman doesn't."
"But suppose your woman isn't good, and does?"
"I should have to explain to her her mistake."
"And then when she says, 'But I don't regard it as a mistake, I think it was quite right,' what will you do?"
"I wouldn't have a woman who would hold such views."
"What is it you want for a wife, Philip? A brainless feminine body who is content to be your slave?"
"I should be ashamed to speak of any woman I cared for in those terms. One doesn't marry a woman who can be thought of in terms of sex."
"Perhaps 'one doesn't.' I would. I should want her to be very well aware of her exact physical potentialities, and to think enough about them to understand herself."