all.
LESBIA. Thank you for nothing. If you will only make marriage
reasonable and decent, you can do as you like about divorce. I
have not stated my deepest objection to marriage; and I dont
intend to. There are certain rights I will not give any person
over me.
REGINALD. Well, I think it jolly hard that a man should support
his wife for years, and lose the chance of getting a really good
wife, and then have her refuse to be a wife to him.
LESBIA. I'm not going to discuss it with you, Rejjy. If your
sense of personal honor doesnt make you understand, nothing will.
SOAMES [implacably] I'm still awaiting my instructions.
They look at one another, each waiting for one of the others to
suggest something. Silence.
REGINALD [blankly] I suppose, after all, marriage is better than
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