COLONEL.

And they haven’t improved.

GERALD.

That is a question.

COLONEL.

Oh, everything’s a question nowadays! Nothing is sacred to a young man fresh from Oxford. Existence is a problem to be investigated; in my youth, it was a life to be lived; and, I thank Heaven, I lived it. Ah, the nights I had!

SYLVESTER.

Would it be impertinent to inquire upon what subject my wife is engaged?

GERALD.