I called you Fannie then.
MRS. BRIGGS (more agitated)
I don’t think we should ever refer to it. When an episode is as long buried as—
INGOLDSBY (his own agitation increasing)
Episode? See here, Fannie; you know why I stayed a bachelor. You do know.
MRS. BRIGGS (protesting quickly)
No, no! I have no responsibility for that!
INGOLDSBY
Haven’t you? When you broke your engagement to me—
MRS. BRIGGS (crying out, though she suppresses the loudness of her voice)