MRS GEORGE. Yes: it's mean to let poor things in for so much
while theyre in that state. Would you marry now that you know
better if you were a widower?
THE BISHOP. I'm old now. It wouldnt matter.
MRS GEORGE. But would you if it did matter?
THE BISHOP. I think I should marry again lest anyone should
imagine I had found marriage unhappy with Alice.
SOAMES [sternly] Are you fonder of your wife than of your
salvation?
THE BISHOP. Oh, very much. When you meet a man who is very
particular about his salvation, look out for a woman who is very
particular about her character; and marry them to one another:
theyll make a perfect pair. I advise you to fall in love;
Anthony.
SOAMES [with horror] I!!
THE BISHOP. Yes, you! think of what it would do for you. For her
sake you would come to care unselfishly and diligently for money
instead of being selfishly and lazily indifferent to it. For her
sake you would come to care in the same way for preferment. For
her sake you would come to care for your health, your appearance,
the good opinion of your fellow creatures, and all the really
important things that make men work and strive instead of mooning
and nursing their salvation.
SOAMES. In one word, for the sake of one deadly sin I should come
to care for all the others.
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