For example, from the moment I saw her I stood immobile,
seized by a languor--my heart beat, my eyes clouded. Ahh! That's the
way to express passion. But she is incapable of such a solid,
passionate love--which is the only kind that can content me.
Lucy
If I was a man, I'd choose for my wife a woman who was always gay,
never moody or sensitive.
Desmond
I want sensibility.
Lucy
In a mistress--but in a wife, shame!
Desmond
It's all an amusement.
Lucy
It's an amusement very dangerous for the husband.
Desmond
One can have feelings and be virtuous.
Lucy
Virtue doesn't always make a woman faithful. I'd like a woman better
who had no passions rather than one who is governed by them.
(Enter Arabella, singing.)
Arabella
La, la, la, la--la, la, la, la, la.
Desmond
Do you hear, Lucy, do you hear?
Lucy
She has a nice voice, doesn't she?
Desmond
After having seen me before her overcome by emotion--
Arabella
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
Desmond (walking away)
I am outraged to hear that.
Arabella
Hey! Here you both are-- You don't see what's going on here because
you're wrapped up in your somber mood.
Desmond
My emotion is well justified.
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