No one excepted?
LOTH
No one.
HELEN
Not even my brother-in-law?
LOTH
No! For my interest in these people is different and of an altogether higher nature. But you must forgive me … You can't be expected to follow me there.
HELEN
And why not? Indeed, I understand you very well … [She drops a letter inadvertently which LOTH stoops to pick up.] Don't bother … it's of no importance; only an indifferent boarding-school correspondence.