Tuneless
>From the confidences her husband has made to me, I have often thought
he destined his niece for the post of her aunt. He was quite explicit
that Arabella was the niece of his wife only in the third degree.
Lucy
My mistress wishes that Desmond was not her husband's nephew.
Tuneless
These sentiments astonish me in a woman so careful of the proprieties.
Lucy
She's proper in public, but with certain women, public morals and
private morals differ as much their faces do from the time they get up
and the time they go to bed.
Tuneless
Everything considered, I judge that these two are perfectly matched in
all the arts of conjugal hypocrisy.
Lucy
They love each other, in proportion to the wealth they hope to obtain
from each other.
Tuneless
Yes, self-interest by itself produces more false love in some families
than true love produces in all the sincere lovers in London.
Lucy
I admire the wisdom of our law which permits spouses to disinherit one
another. For only the hope of inheriting is the dike that can prevent
a torrent of family quarrels. Go quickly. Here is my mistress. To gain
her confidence, I am going to help her out of her sorrows.
(Exit Tuneless and the Maid.
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