MRS.ALLONBY. The ideal man! Oh, the ideal man should talk to us as if we were goddesses, and treat us as if we were children. He should refuse all our serious requests, and gratify every one of our whims. He should encourage us to have caprices, and forbid us to have missions. He should always mean much more than he says.
LADY HUNSTANTON. But how could he do both, dear?
MRS.ALLONBY. He should never run down other pretty women. That should show he had no taste, or make one suspect that he had too much. No; he should be nice about them all, but say that somehow they don't attract him.
LADY STUTFIELD. Yes, that is always very, very pleasant to hear about other women.引自 A Woman of No importance
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