If Society would only step out for a moment, and look at itself with her eyes, something might be done.

If Society, now that the thing has been pointed out to it, has still any lingering desire to live, let it look at her.

This, that she is, Society has made her! Let Society have a walk round her, and then go home and reflect.
Could she--herself--have been to blame?
It lifts a load from us, fixing the blame on Society.

There were periods in the play when we hardly knew what to think.

The scientific father, the dead mother, the early husband! it was difficult to grasp the fact that they alone were to blame.