Cobbett.
[Quietly.] No man’s able to have an affair all by himself, you know.
Grace.
What d’you mean by that?
Cobbett.
Well, most fellows are very shy, and they’re dreadfully frightened of a rebuff. A man doesn’t take much risk until—well, until he finds there’s not much risk to take.
Grace.
D’you mean to say I gave you to understand.... Oh, how can you humiliate me like that?
Cobbett.
Isn’t there a certain amount of truth in it?