No, no, it’s not true—you don’t understand——

Helen

We are friends, Florence, though we’re so “opposite.” Do you really know the truth—inside you? Or is all this shrill vanity real?

Florence

What’s the matter with you?

Helen

You’re ten years older than I am, but when I’m your age I shall be twenty years older than you.

Florence

Darling, how deliciously involved—what can you mean by that?

Helen