Is it your wife?
AMADEUS
No, my little boy is playing out there. (He stands at the window, waving his hand at somebody outside; pause)
FREDERIQUE
You take life too hard, Amadeus.
AMADEUS (still at the window, but turning toward Frederique) I can't lie—and I don't want to. Which is not the same as taking life hard.
FREDERIQUE
Can't lie...? And yet you have been away from your wife for months at a time—haven't you? And your wife came here while you were still conducting somewhere abroad, didn't she?... So that....
AMADEUS
Those are matters which you don't quite comprehend, Countess. (He looks again toward the main entrance)