Your maxim appears to be, marry any one you like except the man that's in love with you.
Lady Frederick.
Ah, but don't you think I might find a man who loved me though he knew me through and through? I'd far rather that he saw my faults and forgave them than that he thought me perfect.
Fouldes.
But how d'you know you've choked the boy off for good?
Lady Frederick.
I took good care. I wanted to cure him. If it had been possible I would have shown him my naked soul. But I couldn't do that, so I let him see....
Fouldes.
[Interrupting.] What!
Lady Frederick.