Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honour

by W. Somerset Maugham

Lady Frederick.

Merely scandal, my friend.

Fouldes.

Well, look out. She's a woman, and she'll stick at nothing.

Lady Frederick.

I wonder why you warn me.

Fouldes.

For the sake of old times, my dear.

Lady Frederick.

You're growing sentimental, Paradine. It's the punishment which the gods inflict on a cynic when he grows old.