No, it is not respectable to talk about these things, because respectability cannot face the truth. Yet everybody knows that the majority of women, "if they wish to provide for themselves decently must be good to some man that can afford to be good to them." The only difference then between _Sister Liz_, the respectable girl, and _Mrs. Warren_, is hypocrisy and legal sanction. _Sister Liz_ uses her money to buy back her reputation from the Church and Society. The respectable girl uses the sanction of the Church to buy a decent income legitimately, and _Mrs. Warren_ plays her game without the sanction of either. Hence she is the greatest criminal in the eyes of the world. Yet _Mrs. Warren_ is no less human than most other women. In fact, as far as her love for her daughter _Vivian_ is concerned, she is a superior sort of mother. That her daughter may not have to face the same alternative as she,--slave in a scullery for four shillings a week--_Mrs. Warren_ surrounds the girl with comfort and ease, gives her an education, and thereby establishes between her child and herself an abyss which nothing can bridge. Few respectable mothers would do as much for their daughters. However, _Mrs. Warren_ remains the outcast, while all those who benefit by her profession, including even her daughter _Vivian_, move in the best circles. _Sir John Crofts_, _Mrs. Warren's_ business partner, who has invested 40,000 pounds in _Mrs. Warren's_ house, drawing an income of 35 per cent. out of it in the worst years, is a recognized pillar of society and an honored member of his class. Why not!