Cedric monologue (Act 3) — The Honeymoon: A comedy in three acts

I don't know. How _do_ people's judgments alter? I gradually saw the force of what you'd said. _Of course_ a man's marriage must come in front of everything else! _Of course_ the idea of letting any business matter interfere with the honeymoon is monstrous! I cannot imagine how it was I couldn't see that yesterday. The only explanation is that up to yesterday I'd never lived for anything except my job. Force of habit! One has to get a bit used to a new state of affairs. I suppose it was the sudden shock of the news that sent me a bit off the track. Look here, Flora, you don't want me to go on in this strain. You don't want me to grovel. I'm not the grovelling sort ... I was mistaken.