ELIZABETH. No, don't do that. Teddie, it wasn't true when I said I didn't love you. Of course I love you. But Arnold loves me, too. I didn't know how much. TEDDIE. What has he been saying to you? ELIZABETH. He's been very good to me, and so kind. I didn't know he could be so kind. He offered to let me divorce him. TEDDIE. That's very decent of him. ELIZABETH. But don't you see, it ties my hands. How can I accept such a sacrifice? I should never forgive myself if I profited by his generosity. TEDDIE. If another man and I were devilish hungry and there was only one mutton chop between us, and he said, "You eat it," I wouldn't waste a lot of time arguing. I'd wolf it before he changed his mind. ELIZABETH. Don't talk like that. It maddens me. I'm trying to do the right thing. TEDDIE. You're not in love with Arnold; you're in love with me. It's idiotic to sacrifice your life for a slushy sentiment. ELIZABETH. After all, I did marry him. TEDDIE. Well, you made a mistake. A marriage without love is no marriage at all. ELIZABETH. _I_ made the mistake. Why should he suffer for it? If anyone has to suffer it's only right that I should. TEDDIE. What sort of a life do you think it would be with him? When two people are married it's very difficult for one of them to be unhappy without making the other unhappy too. ELIZABETH. I can't take advantage of his generosity. TEDDIE. I daresay he'll get a lot of satisfaction out of it. ELIZABETH. You're being beastly, Teddie. He was simply wonderful. I never knew he had it in him. He was really noble. TEDDIE. You are talking rot, Elizabeth. ELIZABETH. I wonder if you'd be capable of acting like that. TEDDIE. Acting like what? ELIZABETH. What would you do if I were married to you and came and told you I loved somebody else and wanted to leave you? TEDDIE. You have very pretty blue eyes, Elizabeth. I'd black first one and then the other. And after that we'd see. ELIZABETH. You damned brute! TEDDIE. I've often thought I wasn't quite a gentleman. Had it ever struck you? [_They look at one another for a while._ ELIZABETH. You know, you are taking an unfair advantage of me. I feel as if I came to you quite unsuspectingly and when I wasn't looking you kicked me on the shins. TEDDIE. Don't you think we'd get on rather well together? PORTEOUS. Elizabeth's a fool if she don't stick to her husband. It's bad enough for the man, but for the woman--it's damnable. I hold no brief for Arnold. He plays bridge like a foot. Saving your presence, Kitty, I think he's a prig. LADY KITTY. Poor dear, his father was at his age. I daresay he'll grow out of it. PORTEOUS. But you stick to him, Elizabeth, stick to him. Man is a gregarious animal. We're members of a herd. If we break the herd's laws we suffer for it. And we suffer damnably. LADY KITTY. Oh, Elizabeth, my dear child, don't go. It's not worth it. It's not worth it. I tell you that, and I've sacrificed everything to love. [_A pause._