Violet.
Or you must be a perfect miracle of tact, darling.
Mrs. Appleby.
My belief is, it's a little of both.
Anne.
When Arthur came to see me one day last July and told me he was going to marry the most wonderful girl in the world, of course I thought good-bye. A man thinks he can keep his bachelor friendships, but he never does.
Mrs. Appleby.
His wife generally sees to that.
Violet.
Well, I think it's nonsense, especially with a man like Arthur who'd been a bachelor so long and naturally had his life laid out before ever I came into it. And besides, I'm devoted to Anne.