Lionel and Paulette, it becomes clear, have been using each other: Lionel using her sexually, Paulette using him as a means of entry into the higher spheres of the New York social and art scene.
Lionel和Paulette已經相互利用：Lionel利用她的性感，Paulette利用他作為進入紐約社會和藝術界上層的手段。