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sarah.[Controlling even her sense of humour.]I have no desire to jump over the moon.

mr. tetgeen.His scruples are religious. The case would be weak upon some important points, and there has been no public scandal... at the worst, very little.

sarah.My good manners are, I trust, irreproachable, and you may tell Sir Charles that my conscience is my own.

mr. tetgeen.Your husband's in the matter of...

sarah.Please say the word.

mr. tetgeen.Pardon me... not upon mere suspicion.

sarah.Now, is it good policy to suspect what is incapable of proof?

mr. tetgeen.I advise Sir Charles, that, should you come to an open fight, he can afford to lose.

sarah.And have I no right to suspicions?

mr. tetgeen.Certainly. Are they of use to you?

sarah.I have been a tolerant wife, expecting toleration.

mr. tetgeen.Sir Charles is anxious to take into consideration any complaints you may have to make against him.

sarah.I complain if he complains of me.

mr. tetgeen.For the first time, I think... formally.

sarah.Why not have come to me?