How we cite our quotes: (Chapter. Paragraph)
Quote #4
"For the moment, Lilia, he has taken you in, but you will find him out soon. It is not possible that you, a lady, accustomed to ladies and gentlemen, will tolerate a man whose position is—well, not equal to the son of the servants' dentist in Coronation Place. I am not blaming you now. But I blame the glamour of Italy." (2.104)
Philip thinks that Lilia has been looking through rose-colored glasses, but does he actually know what will make her happy? He keeps insisting that Lilia is used to a certain kind of lifestyle and that she'll be in for a rude awakening once she sees Gino's true colors. But is Philip right in thinking that class differences will lead to unhappiness? Is Philip justified in assuming that Lilia and Gino have nothing in common?
Quote #5
"I have come to prevent you marrying Mrs. Herriton, because I see you will both be unhappy together. She is English, you are Italian; she is accustomed to one thing, you to another. And—pardon me if I say it—she is rich and you are poor." (2.119)
Philip is very upfront with Gino about his reasons against their marriage. It comes down to a question of class, nationality, and money. Lilia is a wealthy, upper-class English woman, whereas Gino is a poor, working-class Italian. In Philip's opinion (and the opinion of stuffy ol' England) these two circles aren't supposed to mix. There's not so much an "opposites attract" mentality.
Quote #6
She always treated him as a boy, which he was, and as a fool, which he was not, thinking herself so immeasurably superior to him that she neglected opportunity after opportunity of establishing her rule. (3.10)
After Lilia marries Gino, she unconsciously falls back on the same hypocritical behavior that she had criticized Philip for. She starts flaunting her superiority by treating Gino like a boy who doesn't know what's good for him. Even though Lilia believes that she loves Gino, she acts as if she's better than him while also expecting her husband to adopt her English values. C'mon, Lilia: you left England to get away from stuffy Edwardianism! You're better than this!