It lies broad before you. It is the way to destruction
that is narrow and tortuous. Marriage is an abomination which the
Church has founded to cast out and replace by the communion of
saints. I learnt that from every marriage settlement I drew up as
a solicitor no less than from inspired revelation. You have set
yourselves here to put your sin before you in black and white;
and you cant agree upon or endure one article of it.
SYKES. It's certainly rather odd that the whole thing seems to
fall to pieces the moment you touch it.
THE BISHOP. You see, when you give the devil fair play he loses
his case. He has not been able to produce even the first clause
of a working agreement; so I'm afraid we cant wait for him any
longer.
LESBIA. Then the community will have to do without my children.
EDITH. And Cecil will have to do without me.
LEO [getting off the chest] And I positively will not marry
Sinjon if he is not clever enough to make some provision for my
looking after Rejjy. [She leaves Hotchkiss, and goes back to her
chair at the end of the table behind Mrs Bridgenorth].
MRS BRIDGENORTH. And the world will come to an end with this
generation, I suppose.
COLLINS. Cant nothing be done, my lord?
THE BISHOP.
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