Marie.
[In terror.] I?--I be present when you ask him?
George.
What?--You, who wish to become my helpmate and partner in life, and share all my life's troubles--you would desert me now--desert me in this hour?--and I very much fear, not the worst in store for us?
Marie.
No, no, George; it's not that--not that! But you know how we have feared him and have trembled for years--and now I should----
George.
If you can't even do that----
Marie.
If necessary--yes I--I will do it.