“Don't go on like that, Alice. You're not being reasonable,” pleaded Richard.
“Oh, do leave me alone!”
“I won't leave you.”
“As you please! It's nothing to me.”
“Alice, why do you speak to me like that? Tell me what's wrong.”
“Everything is wrong. Everybody is wrong. The whole world is wrong.”
Her voice was a little stronger. She raised herself, and looked him in the face.
“I hope not.”
“I hope it is!”
“Why should you?”