Mrs. Crowley.

That's equally detestable.

Dick.

Not at all. However old, ugly, and generally undesirable a man is, he'll find a heap of charming girls who are willing to marry him. Marriage is still the only decent means of livelihood for a really nice girl.

Mrs. Crowley.

But, my dear friend, if a woman really makes up her mind to marry a man, nothing on earth can save him.

Dick.

Don't say that, you terrify me.

Mrs. Crowley.

You need not be in the least alarmed, because I shall refuse you.