Baroness--Why?
Marquis--Because you don't want a master. You want a husband whom you can keep in your parlor, like a family portrait, nothing more.
Baroness--Have you finished, dear diviner? What you have just said lacks common-sense, but you are amusing, and I can refuse you nothing.
Marquis--Maréchal shall have the oration?
Baroness--Or I'll lose my name.
Marquis--And you shall lose your name--I promise you.
A SEVERE YOUNG JUDGE
From 'The Adventuress'
Clorinde [softly]--Here's Célie. Look at her clear eyes. I love her, innocent child!