(Breaking in.) Nice situation, sitting here and listening to a strange man woo my wife in terms of sociology and scientific slang.
(Both Margaret and Knox ignore him.)
Knox
Dear, I want you so.
Margaret
(Despairingly.) Oh! It is so hard to do right!
Knox
(Eagerly.) He wants the letters very badly. Give them up for Tommy. He will give Tommy for them.
Chalmers
No; emphatically no. If she wants Tommy she can stay on; but she must give up the letters. If she wants you she may go; but she must give up the letters.