Really! But then you're not married!
MISS SILLERTON. What is the reason for so much divorce nowadays?
RUTH. Marriage is the principal one.
BLANCHE. _I_ don't believe in divorce, either.
MISS SILLERTON. My dear, no woman married to as handsome a man as Mr.
Sterling would.
TROTTER. You people are all out of date! More people get divorced
nowadays than get married.
BLANCHE. Too many people do--that's the trouble. I meant what I said
when I was married--"for better, for worse, till death us do
part."--What is the opera Monday?
TROTTER. Something of Wagner's. He's a Dodo bird! Bores me to death! Not
catchy enough music for me.
MRS. HUNTER. You'd adore him if you went to Bayreuth. Which was that
opera, Clara, we heard at Bayreuth last summer? Was it _Faust_ or
_Lohengrin_! They play those two so much here I'm always getting them
mixed!
MISS SILLERTON. Wagner didn't write _Faust_!
MRS. HUNTER. Didn't he? I thought he had; he's written so many operas
the last few seasons!
CLARA. I like _Tannhaeuser_, because as soon as you hear the "twinkle,
twinkle, little stars" song, you can cheer up and think of your wraps
and fur boots.
TROTTER. My favorite operas are _San Toy_ and the _Roger Brothers_,
though I saw _Florodora_ thirty-six times!
BLANCHE.
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