The Gay Lord Quex / A Comedy in Four Acts

And so, if I have to part with my last shred of character, I will lose it in association with a woman of your class rather than with a lady whom I, with the rest of the world, hold in the highest esteem.

You are mistaken in the construction you put upon it.

Quex.
I—I am profoundly sorry to be obliged to speak to you in this fashion.