"Well now, go on, do.

We have arranged for Margaret." She pauses, and then says very softly, _"Darling_ Margaret! Do you know, I believe she is the only friend I have in the world ?" Her words cut him to the heart.
"And I, Tita, do I not count ?" asks he.
"You! No!" She gives him a little shake, taking his arms, as she kneels beside him.

"You represent Society, don't you?
And Society forbids all that.

No man's wife is his friend nowadays." "True," says Rylton bitterly.

"Most men's wives are their enemies nowadays." "Oh, I shan't be yours!" says Tita.