Sir! You dare say that to me!
IDA.
Father!
OLDENDORF.
Colonel, I do not comprehend this attitude, and I beg you to consider that we are speaking before witnesses.
COLONEL.
Do not ask for any consideration. It would have been your place to show consideration for the man whose friendship you are otherwise so ready to claim.
OLDENDORF.
But, first of all, tell me frankly what is your own connection with the articles attacked in the Coriolanus?