Sir Luke. [Coming back.] What were you saying, Aurelia, about a husband?
Lady. She did not speak.
Sir Luke. To be sure, Ladies in India do get husbands very quick.
Twi. Not always—I am told, Sir Luke——Women of family, [fixing his eyes stedfastly on Lady Tremor.] indeed, may soon enter into the matrimonial state—but the rich men in India, we are told in England, are grown lately very particular with whom they marry, and there is not a man of any repute that will now look upon a woman as a wife, unless she is descended from a good family. [Looking at Lady Tremor, who walks up the Stage and steals off, just as Sir Luke had done before.
Sir Luke. I am very sorry—very sorry to say, Mr. Twineall, that has not been always the case.
Twi. Then I am very sorry too, Sir Luke; for it is as much impossible that a woman, who is not born of a good family, can be—
[Lady Tremor returns.
Sir Luke. That is just what I say—they cannot be—
Lady. Sir Luke, let me tell you—
Sir Luke. It does not signify telling, my dear,—you have proved it.