Trim I agree: that's not in the rules. But, at the same time, I have a thought: my mistress is a woman. Would she be a woman if she were not a person incapable of keeping her mouth shut and under the compulsion to reveal the greatest secret within twenty-four hours or die?
Anna Don't worry. I—I am stronger than a man about discretion. Speak or I will break with you.
Trim You take me on my tender side. All right, I've got to tell you. The greatest men engage in madness for these little bitches.— Nobody can hear us?
Anna
Not unless you speak loudly.
Trim
The devil! There are not childish games.
Anna
Well, then?
Trim If someone discovers the mystery, my master will be disinherited— there it is, more or less.
Anna
The deuce!
Trim And I, on the other hand, will inherit a beating. I don't like the idea of such a windfall.
Anna
You are only exciting my curiosity. Where have you been?