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

by W. Somerset Maugham

You can't get round me with polite words. I'm sick of all that. I want to speak straight.

Basil.

[To Hilda.] Please go. You can do no good.

Jenny.

[Still more vehemently.] You're stealing my husband from me. You're a wicked woman.

Hilda.

[Almost in a whisper.] If you like I'll promise you never to see your husband again.

Jenny.

[With angry scorn.] Much good your promises will do me. I wouldn't believe a word you said. I know what Society ladies are. We know all about them in the City.

Basil.