OLIVIA. George, Mr. Pim has got to know.
GEORGE. I don't see the necessity.
OLIVIA. Not even for me? When a woman suddenly hears that her long-lost husband is restored to her, don't you think she wants to ask questions? Where is he living, and how is he looking, and——
GEORGE (coldly). Of course, if you are interested in these things—
OLIVIA. How can I help being? Don't be so silly, George. We must know what Jacko—
GEORGE (annoyed). I wish you wouldn't call him by that ridiculous name.
OLIVIA. My husband—
GEORGE (wincing). Yes, well—your husband?
OLIVIA. Well, we must know his plans—where we can communicate with him, and so on.
GEORGE. I have no wish to communicate with him.