"So he says. Hadn't you better ask him?"
"Certainly not. He does not know how you have behaved to your wife. It is a matter of which she alone can judge."
"How have I behaved to my wife?"
"You know, as well as I do."
"No doubt, and a great deal better. But you don't know as well as I do."
"I do not wish to talk any further. Have you anything further to say?"
"I wish to see Marianne and the children, and to know when they are coming home."
"I am here to speak for Marianne. She refuses to see you, or to give up her children to you. You will gain nothing by remaining here."
"Come, grandmamma, do be a little Christian-like, and help to make things comfortable again...."
"Christian-like indeed! What next?"