“At the double standard. What’s crime for the goose is pastime for the gander.”
He did not intend to give up man’s ancient prerogative.
“Well, it’s better to have almost any standard than none, isn’t it?”
“I wonder.”
“The single standard is better than the sixteen to one––silver for men and gold for women.”
“Perhaps! But you men seem to believe in a sixteen to none. Mind you, I’m not saying I’ve been bad.”
“I knew you couldn’t have been.”
“Oh yes, I could have been––I’m not saying I wasn’t. I’m not saying anything at all. I’m saying that it’s nobody’s business but my own.”
“Even your future husband has no right to know?”
“None whatever. He has the least right of all, and he’d better not try to find out.”