I congratulate you on it.
DR. SCHIMMELPFENNIG
Thank you.
A long pause ensues.
DR. SCHIMMELPFENNIG
[After several disquieted and unsuccessful beginnings.] The trouble is just this. I feel that I'm responsible … I absolutely owe you an elucidation. I don't believe that you will be able to marry Helen Krause.
LOTH
[Frigidly.] Oh, is that what you think?
DR. SCHIMMELPFENNIG
Yes, that's my opinion. There are obstacles present which just you would …