Yes, I know, dear. Everybody calls himself a gentleman nowadays, even the boy who cleans the boots. But I am not going to give in to these unhealthy modern ideas, and I am not going to visit Mrs. Smith. She is not in Society.
Claude.
[Off again on his high horse.] What is Society? All
noble men——
Pauline.
[Objecting.] But Mr. Smith isn’t a nobleman, Claude.
Claude.
... And women, in whatever station born,
These, only these, make up “Society.”
Pauline.