LETITIA. [Enters right, stares at Oceana and screams.] Oceana!
OCEANA. Letitia...
LETITIA. [Gasps for breath.] Henry! How dared you bring me here to meet that woman?
OCEANA. Letitia...
LETITIA. Don't speak to me! Don't you dare to speak to me! [She sinks down by table and bursts into tears.] Oh, how horrible! How horrible! As if I had not humiliations enough already!
HENRY. [Taking step toward her.] Letitia...
OCEANA. [With a swift gesture.] Wait!
LETITIA. Oh, who would have thought it possible! To bring me 'way up here...
OCEANA. You might as well understand at the outset... the thing cannot be done that way.
LETITIA. [With concentrated hatred.] You dare!