In the conventional drama the preservation of thehonour of a woman seems an adequate excuse for nearly any offence shortof murder; the preservation that is to say of the appearance ofsomething that is already gone. Here it is that I do definitely partcompany with the false aristocrat who is by nature and intent a humbugand fabricator of sham attitudes, and ally myself with democracy.
of the people he encounters, andunless he has some irrelevant income, he will die childless and hisline will perish... read more
