LADY WARGRAVE.
It is sad—very sad.
COLONEL.
More than that, Caroline—it’s not respectable.
LADY WARGRAVE.
That doesn’t trouble you.
COLONEL.
It shocks me. The institution of marriage is the foundation of society; and whatever tends to cast discredit on that holy “ordnance” saps the moral fibre of the community.
LADY WARGRAVE.
Did you say, “ordnance?”