Minnie. I suppose they are.
Horace. You know, she thinks I ought to have gone with you to-night. That’s because she only looks at it from her own standpoint. Can’t take a broad view of the case.
Minnie. Is yours the broad view?
Horace. Naturally.
Minnie. How did you acquire this breadth of mind?
Horace. Can hardly say that. Just seems to belong to the masculine intellect. Men see all round a subject. Women don’t. They’re circumscribed. Can’t see over the hedge.
Minnie. Could you teach me to see over the hedge?
Horace. I might be able to a certain extent.
Minnie. Will you begin by explaining your broad view to-night?
Horace. That was quite simple. Aunt Martha wanted me to go because she didn’t want to go herself. The only view she could take.