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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde: I had - well, what shall I say? - œ2000 a year left to me by a
third cousin - or a second husband - or some distant relative of
that kind. It would be an additional attraction, wouldn't it? You
have a delightful opportunity now of paying me a compliment,
Windermere. But you are not very clever at paying compliments. I
am afraid Margaret doesn't encourage you in that excellent habit.
It's a great mistake on her part. When men give up saying what is
charming, they give up thinking what is charming. But seriously,
what do you say to œ2000? œ2500, I think. In modern life margin
is everything. Windermere, don't you think the world an intensely
amusing place? I do!
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