"Southampton! That's a stupid place to go to, isn't it?" said Gwendolen, chilly.
"It would be to me, because you would not be there." Silence.
"Should you mind about me going away, Gwendolen?"
"Of course. Every one is of consequence in this dreary country," said Gwendolen, curtly. The perception that poor Rex wanted to be tender made her curl up and harden like a sea-anemone at the touch of a finger.

"Southampton! That's a stupid place to go to, isn't it?" said Gwendolen, chilly.
"It would be to me, because you would not be there." Silence. "Should you mind about me going away?"
"Of course. All company matters in this dreary country," she said curtly. The perception that poor Rex wanted to be tender made her curl up and harden.
