Lady Kitty. When I think that I sacrificed everything for that man! And for thirty years I’ve had to live in a filthy marble palace with no sanitary conveniences.
C.-C. D’you mean to say you haven’t got a bathroom?
Lady Kitty. I’ve had to wash in a tub.
C.-C. My poor Kitty, how you’ve suffered!
Porteous. Really, Kitty, I’m sick of hearing of the sacrifices you made. I suppose you think I sacrificed nothing. I should have been Prime Minister by now if it hadn’t been for you.
Lady Kitty. Nonsense!
Porteous. What do you mean by that? Everyone said I should be Prime Minister. Shouldn’t I have been Prime Minister, Clive?
C.-C. It was certainly the general expectation.
Porteous. I was the most promising young man of my day. I was bound to get a seat in the Cabinet at the next election.