ANNYS [She hands HAKE her hat and coat.] Have something ready in
case Lady Mogton hasn't lunched. Is your master in?

HAKE A messenger came for him soon after you left, ma'am. I was
to tell you he would most likely be dining at the House.

ANNYS Thank you.

[HAKE goes out.]

ANNYS [To ELIZABETH.] I so want you to meet Geoffrey. He'll
alter your opinion of men.

ELIZABETH My opinion of men has been altered once or twice--each
time for the worse.

ANNYS Why do you dislike men?

ELIZABETH [With a short laugh.] Why does the slave dislike the
slave-owner?

PHOEBE Oh, come off the perch. You spend five thousand a year
provided for you by a husband that you only see on Sundays. We'd
all be slaves at that price.

ELIZABETH The chains have always been stretched for the few. My
sympathies are with my class.

ANNYS But men like Geoffrey--men who are devoting their whole time
and energy to furthering our cause; what can you have to say