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!