What amazes me is that you should ever have allowed yourself to be fooled by a shallow, deceitful poseuse like Patricia.

Bill.

She hasn’t fooled me. She’s deeply and truly in love with me.

Clare.

Contradiction isn’t argument: it’s merely rude.

Bill.

If it had been any one else but Michael there might have been some excuse for you. But Michael! How could you? A dull, priggish ass——

Clare.

He’s not a dull, priggish ass!