Anne Constance Smedley

“ Why shouldn't I brighten up a married man's? Most girls are too selfish."
"It's his wife's place to brighten up his life," said Wisdom.
"It's his wife's place to be restful, domestic, and comforting," said Anne. "A man must go outside and have a breath of air occasionally, to make him appreciate his home."
"If you married, should you like your husband to find another woman more attractive than you, even for a single moment?" said Wisdom.
"I'm not so silly as to imagine I could go on flirting with a man I married," said Anne. "Flirting is the evanescent scintillation of attractiveness ”

“ A man does not want to be continually puzzled and annoyed and made a fool of at home. He wants to love his wife in a selfish, lazy way and be quiet. Flirting doesn't in the least interfere with the domestic affection he bears to his wife."
"It makes the wife very jealous and unhappy," said Wisdom.
"Then she's an hysterical idiot," said Anne. "Married women have no poise. A man isn't jealous of his wife's attachés if he's certain he's far away first."
"A woman is never content to be first. She must be the only one," said Wisdom.
"I don't want to be the only one to Mr. Vane," said Anne ”