You mustn't go till you've told me who the fair charmer was I saw you with at the play last night.
Brackley.
Ah, the green-eyed monster!
Hilda.
[Laughing.] Don't be so absurd, but I thought you'd like to know her yellow hair was dyed.
[Basil looks over the pages of a book, somewhat
annoyed that Hilda takes no notice of him.
Brackley.
Of course it was dyed. That was just the charm of it. Any woman can have yellow hair naturally: there's no more credit in that than in having it blue or green.
Hilda.
I've always wanted to make mine purple.