"And his wife, Fritz, his wife?"
"Takes as much interest in his doings as a bee does in the crawling of a snail."
"Rogue, you have cheated me! How about one and one being one?"
"There are marriages and marriages. This was not made in Heaven; when it came about there was a confusion in the pairing, and another couple are as badly off. There will be a natural end to both."
"How brought about, fool?"
"By your own rule, the rule of human nature."
"When a jumper jumps, he first measures his distance with his eye. Do they quarrel?"
"No."
"Does she look coldly upon him, or he upon her?"
"No."