There is no fear that a cruel soul should ever grow in my bosom from stock of yours."[255] We can hardly wonder that players were disgusted, or critics moved to wicked jests.

The counterpart to the scene in which Constance persuades Dorval that they would be very happy in one case, is the scene in which Dorval persuades Rosalie that they would be very unhappy in another case.

The situations in themselves may command our approval morally, but they certainly do not attract our sympathies dramatically.

That a woman should demonstrate to a man in fine sententious language the expediency of marrying her, is not inconsistent with good sense, but it is displeasing.

When a man tells a woman that, though love draws in one way, duty draws in the other, we may admire his prudence, but we are glad when so delicate a business comes to an end.