"Why not?"
"Because for one thing I shan't be able to."
"And why do you think you won't?"
"Because," he replied, coldly, "the law will not give me my freedom merely because we have lived a cat-and-dog life together. The law requires that you should not only leave me, but that you should run away with another man and commit misconduct with him."
She nodded. "Yes, and that is what I propose to do."
"What!"
A curious silence ensued. He was utterly astounded, horrified, by her announcement; she was smiling at him, mocking his astonishment. He shouted at her, fiercely: "What's that!"
She said: "I intend to do what you said."
"What's that! You what?"
"I intend to do what you said. I shall run away with another man and commit misconduct with him!"