Flora monologue (Act 2) — The Honeymoon: A comedy in three acts

My dear. I'm only trying to fall in with your wish to turn this affair into a tragedy. If it is a tragedy, the first act occurred this morning. As I told Cedric this morning, we've stumbled across a question of vital principle. Is our marriage to be the most important thing in our lives, or isn't it? If it is, then nothing less than an earthquake could possibly disturb the honeymoon, because I suppose you'll admit the honeymoon is the most urgent part of matrimony. If our marriage is _not_ to be the most important thing in our lives--all right! That's a point of view that I can understand; only--I don't want to get married. And I won't! (_Pause._)