I'm sorry if this is inconvenient.
It's unexpected, not inconvenient.
I suppose I'd better just say it.
Please do.
I had the impression On my last visit, that you were flirting, giving signs that you found me attractive. If I'm wrong, then I apologize.
You're not wrong.
But since then I have discovered that you are, in fact, married.
Yes.
I'm afraid I find the idea of a married man flirting with me wholly repugnant. So you see, I must hand in my resignation at once.
No. It's true, I am married, but I hope you'll allow me to explain.
Explain what? I am familiar with the institution of marriage.
Yes, but not with this one. My wife is in an asylum and she has been for some years. Lizzie was a wonderful person, and I loved her very much. Took me a long time to accept that the woman I knew was gone and wouldn't be coming back.
Then why haven't you got a divorce?
I can't. A lunatic is not deemed responsible. She's neither the guilty nor the innocent party. It means that I'm tied for the rest of my life to a...a madwoman who doesn't even know me.
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