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In this passage, Dabby, Mary, Ralph, and Wisehammer discuss The Recruiting Officer. More specifically, they talk about a moment in the play in which Mary’s character wants assurance that her love interest is willing to wed her. When they stop to talk about this moment, Mary says that if she were in her character’s position, she would trust her lover to marry her, but Dabby says it’s vital to “always have a contract” when “dealing with men.” As such, she once again frames romantic relationships as transactional affairs, an idea that she reinforces when she says that “love is…