"The last time. . . ."
"You said that I, being a Catholic, could not break my marriage without breaking my faith. But my husband, being a Protestant, had no compunction. So it has come to the same thing in the end, you see. And now I'm free."
"You're free . . . free, are you?"
"It seems they have been keeping it all away from me—making no defence, I suppose—and it was only this morning I heard the news."
"Only this morning, was it?"
"I first saw it in a newspaper, but afterwards Martin himself came to tell me."
"Martin came, did he?"
"He doesn't care in the least; in fact, he is glad, and says we can be married at any time."
"Married at any time—he says that, does he?"
"Of course nothing is arranged yet, dear Father, but I couldn't help coming to see you about it. I want everything to be simple and quiet—no display of any kind."