Admiral.
[Bursting out.] Did you ever hear such a conversation in your life between a young unmarried couple?
Rose.
My dear papa, we must be prepared for everything.
Admiral.
In my youth young ladies did not refer to things of that sort.
Lady Frederick.
Well, I don't suppose they're any the worse for having an elementary knowledge of natural history. Personally I doubt whether ignorance is quite the same thing as virtue, and I'm not quite sure that a girl makes a better wife because she's been brought up like a perfect fool.
Admiral.
I am old-fashioned, Lady Frederick; and my idea of a modest girl is that when certain topics are mentioned she should swoon. Swoon, madam, swoon. They always did it when I was a lad.