RUTH. I say don't decide now--wait.
BLANCHE. I don't want to wait. I want to decide now and to cut my life
free, entirely, from Dick's.
RUTH. You used to agree with me. I've heard you decry these snapshot,
rapid-transit, tunnel divorces many a time. I've heard you say when a
woman has made her bed, she must lie in it--make the best of her bad
bargain.
BLANCHE. I always sympathized with a woman who sought a divorce in this
state.
RUTH. Oh, yes, but _you can't_, can you?
BLANCHE. No, but I'm not strong enough to fight out an unhappy life for
the sake of setting an example to other women--women who _don't want_
the example set!
RUTH. Blanche, I counted on you to be strong, to be big--
BLANCHE. [_With a voice full of emotion._] But I love Ned Warden. He
loves me--life stretches out long before us. Dick has disgraced us all.
I don't love him--should I give _my_ happiness and Mr. Warden's
happiness for _him_?
MRS. HUNTER. Absurd! We all have a right to happiness if we can get it.
I have chosen; let Blanche follow my example.
BLANCHE. [_Disgusted._] _Yours?_ [_Rises._] Oh!
RUTH. [_Following up the advantage._] Yes, Blanche, do you want to
follow your mother's example?
BLANCHE. No! But the cases are not analogous!
MRS.
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