AXEL. Why not?
ABEL. Oh, I just feel that you can't.
AXEL. Tell me, Abel, you who have the common sense of a man and can be reasoned with, tell me how it feels to be a woman. Is it so awful?
ABEL [Jokingly]. Yes, of course. It feels like being a nigger.
AXEL. That's strange. Listen, Abel. You know that I have a passion for equity and justice—
ABEL. I know you are a visionary—and that's why things will never go well with you.
AXEL. But things go well with you—because you never feel anything?
ABEL. Yes.
AXEL. Abel, have you really never had any desire to love a man?
ABEL. How silly you are!