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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw: VIVIE. Oh! have I been behaving unconventionally?
PRAED. Oh no: oh dear no. At least, not conventionally
unconventionally, you understand. [She nods and sits down. He
goes on, with a cordial outburst] But it was so charming of you
to say that you were disposed to be friends with me! You modern
young ladies are splendid: perfectly splendid!
VIVIE [dubiously] Eh? [watching him with dawning disappointment
as to the quality of his brains and character].
PRAED. When I was your age, young men and women were afraid of
each other: there was no good fellowship. Nothing real. Only
gallantry copied out of novels, and as vulgar and affected as it
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