Deep feeling, too?
HOFFMANN
Too much at times …
LOTH
But if the conditions here are so unfortunate for her, why doesn't your sister-in-law live with your family?
HOFFMANN
You'd better ask her that! I've often enough made her the offer. Women have these fancies, that's all. [Holding the cigar in his mouth, HOFFMANN takes out a note-book and adds a fete items.] You'll forgive me, won't you, if I have to leave you alone after a while?
LOTH
Assuredly.