LOTH
With exceptions, surely?
DR. SCHIMMELPFENNIG
Hardly.
LOTH
[Disquieted.] Didn't the temptation ever come to you to … to marry a daughter of one of these Witzdorf gold farmers?
DR. SCHIMMELPFENNIG
The devil! Man, what do you take me for? You might as well ask whether I …
LOTH
[Very pale.] But why … why?