Oh, this is too absurd—

LAURA

He shall get married, just to be a humiliating example to his father. I'll bring him up the way a husband ought to be.

GORDON

In handcuffs, I suppose—

LAURA

And his wife won't have to sit and listen to perpetual criticism from his mother—

GORDON

If you're so down on mothers-in-law, it's queer you're anxious to be one yourself. The expectant mother-in-law!

LAURA