BEL. Which means that your thoughts are all in favour of marriage, but
that you will choose a husband for yourself.
ANG. If my father will not give me a husband I like, at least I
beseech him not to force me to marry one I can never love.
ARG. Gentlemen, I beg your pardon for all this.
ANG. We all have our own end in marrying. For my part, as I only want
a husband that I can love sincerely, and as I intend to consecrate my
whole life to him, I feel bound, I confess, to be cautious. There are
some who marry simply to free themselves from the yoke of their
parents, and to be at liberty to do all they like. There are others,
Madam, who see in marriage only a matter of mere interest; who marry
only to get a settlement, and to enrich themselves by the death of
those they marry. They pass without scruple from husband to husband,
with an eye to their possessions. These, no doubt, Madam, are not so
difficult to satisfy, and care little what the husband is like.
BEL. You are very full of reasoning to-day. I wonder what you mean by
this.
ANG. I, Madam? What can I mean but what I say?
BEL. You are such a simpleton, my dear, that one can hardly bear with
you.
ANG. You would like to extract from me some rude answer; but I warn
you that you will not have the pleasure of doing so.
BEL. Nothing can equal your impertinence.
ANG.
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