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"A play should correct vices, not celebrate the on one of those foolish bits of fluff called Love in a Hollow Tree"

"Man of Mode does not precisely celebrate vice It laughs at the vanities of men like Dorimant," Gillian pointed out "One never truly admires the person who is the subject of huives him excellent lines," Mr Spenser said He took the book froes "Here he defends hied at, I should never have arrived at the happiness I now enjoy!"

"That proves my point!" Gillian said triumphantly "No one could be expected to ad woht as well say that Mrs Loveit is nothing more than a bed to hiray-blue eyes amused "A descriptive turn of phrase, Miss Pythian-Ada She was not going to be condescended to by this man, as practically worse than Dorimant himself For all Dori-mant was a rake, he didn’t clai hiht in the eyes, "when is a woman truly more than a mere temporary inn for a man? Your sex decides to marry with as much prudence as if they had decided to visit a spa and take the waters: in fact, with precisely the same combination of disenchantment and carelessness"

He had a sht soften a woe quite differently, Miss Pythian-Ada of states"

"Why on earth would you say that?" Gillian asked with genuine surprise

"Love can be a fleeting thing But once married, a man and woman are bound to live for each other, not for pleasure"

"Dorimant, married, will continue to live for pleasure," Gillian said For so extremely quickly

"That htfully "But I think that Harriet will tame him, don’t you?"

"I think she will learn to tolerate hi"

"In fact, she says that she will learn to endure her husband"

"The fate of many women" For some reason, all Gillian could think about was how ee house felt around them It was as if there were only the two of the Mr Spenser’s eyes were so--so thoughtful It was enthralling to have his fixed attention

"Do you believe that?" He looked genuinely curious

"How can one love such a creature?" Gillian asked, speaking the truth as she never had before "You ive me the libel to your sex, sir, but men are dictatorial, frequently tedious, and alan They--" And then she suddenly had the horrified thought that he was the child of an adulterous union and would likely feel quite mortified by the topic

He didn’t look mortified

"They?" he prompted

"This is an unseeivewith irritation that her fingers were trehtly

"Why don’t I read?" Mr Spenser asked "While I do not care particularly for the play, there is an enchanting scene between Harriet and Young Bellair"

"When she instructs him in hooo?"

"You have dimples when you smile," Mr Spenser said, and a look of near horror crossed his face