Are all women like you two? Do they never think of
anything about a man except what they can get out of him? You
weren't even thinking that about me. You were only thinking
whether your gloves would last.
ELLIE. I shall not have to think about that when we are married.
MANGAN. And you think I am going to marry you after what I heard
there!
ELLIE. You heard nothing from me that I did not tell you before.
MANGAN. Perhaps you think I can't do without you.
ELLIE. I think you would feel lonely without us all, now, after
coming to know us so well.
MANGAN [with something like a yell of despair]. Am I never to
have the last word?
CAPTAIN SHOTOVER [appearing at the starboard garden door]. There
is a soul in torment here. What is the matter?
MANGAN. This girl doesn't want to spend her life wondering how
long her gloves will last.
CAPTAIN SHOTOVER [passing through]. Don't wear any. I never do
[he goes into the pantry].
LADY UTTERWORD [appearing at the port garden door, in a handsome
dinner dress]. Is anything the matter?
ELLIE. This gentleman wants to know is he never to have the last
word?
LADY UTTERWORD [coming forward to the sofa]. I should let him
have it, my dear. The important thing is not to have the last
word, but to have your own way.
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