HELEN

My father…?

LOTH

Well, in all probability he dances to her music. Perhaps she tyrannises over him?

HELEN

Oh, if it were nothing else?… No! It is too frightful!—You can't possibly guess that that … my father … that it was my father whom you …

LOTH

Don't weep, Nellie!… Look, you almost make me feel as though I ought to insist that you tell …

HELEN

No, no, it isn't possible. I haven't the strength!—not yet!