human
Look here, Mary, he said.
gpt
I came for an explanation and I intend to have one. Your father may give this affair what gloss he pleases, but you must know as well as I do what rumour and report are saying, so we might as well speak plainly. Is it the fact that the doctor has made certain statements about your own condition, and that your father is giving this entertainment because . . . well, because he is expecting an heir?
human
Yes.
gpt
So you admit it? Then perhaps you'll be good enough to tell me how that condition came about?
human
Can't you speak?
gpt
You know what our relations have been since our marriage, so I ask you again how does that condition come about?
human
Why do you ask? You seem to know already.
gpt
I know what anonymous letters have told me, if that's what you mean. But I'm your husband and have a right to know from _you_. How does your condition come about, I ask you?