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And a nice mess he's made of them!
ENID.
Now it is our turn.
VICTORIA.
We mean to put things right!
DOCTOR.
Man has departed. Woman has arrived.
LADY WARGRAVE.
Excuse my ignorance, but I have been away from England for so many years. Can this be the New Woman I have read about?
COLONEL.
Everything's New nowadays! We have a New Art----
ENID.
A New Journalism----
VICTORIA.
A New Political Economy----
DOCTOR.
A New Morality----
COLONEL.
A New s.e.x!
LADY WARGRAVE [_smiling_].
Ah!
DOCTOR.
Do you object to modernity?
LADY WARGRAVE.
I've only one objection to new things; they are so old.
VICTORIA.
Not the New Woman!
LADY WARGRAVE.
No; _she_ is generally middle-aged.
[_COLONEL turns to GERALD, to hide his chuckles._
ENID.
Then, do you take Man's part in the discussion?
LADY WARGRAVE.
I take no part in it.
DOCTOR.
Do you deny that Woman has arrived, Man has departed?
LADY WARGRAVE.
I don't wonder at it. But Man has an awkward habit of coming back again.
TRIO.
Never!
LADY WARGRAVE.
Then Woman will go after him.
[_COLONEL roars out aloud--the Women survey him with disgust._
_Re-enter WELLS, L., and whispers to GERALD._
GERALD.
Tea is quite ready, ladies!
ENID.
Ah! a cup of tea!
[_Exit L., followed by VICTORIA, DOCTOR MARY and WELLS._
LADY WARGRAVE.
