"Was there nothing to be said for her?"
"There was. She knew it was a big risk and she took it. You knew you were safe while you slimed my honour."
"She loved him, and he shot her, and you think that's a fine thing. How she must have loved him!"
"Men don't want to be loved that way. That's the mistake you women will make."
"It's the way you've taught us. I should like to know what other way you ever want us to love you?"
"The way Veronica loves Nicky, and Dorothy loved Drayton and Frances loves Anthony."
"Dorothy? She ruined Drayton's life."
"Men's lives aren't ruined that way. And not all women's."
"Well, anyhow, if she'd loved him she'd have married him. And Frances loves her children better than Anthony, and Anthony knows it."
"Veronica, then."