GREGORY. I say never. On many occasions I have resorted to
prevarication; but on great occasions I have always told the
truth. I regard this as a great occasion; and I won't be
intimidated into breaking my promise. I solemnly declare that I
did not know until this evening that Mrs. Juno was married. She
will bear me out when I say that from that moment my intentions
were strictly and resolutely honorable; though my conduct, which
I could not control and am therefore not responsible for, was
disgraceful--or would have been had this gentleman not walked in
and begun making love to my wife under my very nose.

JUNO [flinging himself back into his chair] Well, I like this!

MRS. LUNN. Really, darling, there's no use in the pot calling
the kettle black.

GREGORY. When you say darling, may I ask which of us you are
addressing?

MRS. LUNN. I really don't know. I'm getting hopelessly confused.

JUNO. Why don't you let my wife say something? I don't think she
ought to be thrust into the background like this.

MRS. LUNN. I'm sorry, I'm sure. Please excuse me, dear.

MRS. JUNO [thoughtfully] I don't know what to say. I must think
over it. I have always been rather severe on this sort of thing;
but when it came to the point I didn't behave as I thought I