"How is it going with Cora?"
"I don't know."
"What do you mean, you don't know? You are married to her."
"Papa, why didn't you tell me what a difficult business marriage was?"
"Because it has never been difficult for me."
"Really? You and Mama fight all the time."
"No, we don't. We are both rather opinionated and we both like to make our opinions known. So we have a lot to talk about."
"And that isn't, I don't know, emotionally exhausting."
"No. I enjoy it quite a lot. It's why I fell in love with your mother. She was the first woman I ever met who openly disagreed with me. And I thought 'she's the one' as soon as she did that for the first time."
"I wish Cora and I had something to talk about."
"I thought you'd said she was easy to talk to."
"On a small talk level."
"And that isn't enough for you."
"No. Imagine you and Mama only ever talked about meaningless things like the weather."
"I thought you didn't care about your wife."
"I never said that. I said that I didn't love her. But I'd prefer to have something to talk about. The problem is, we have nothing in common."
"You don't?"
"Obviously not. I grew up here, heir apparent to an Earldom; she grew up in America, with parents who made millions while she was young. She moved up from middle class to upper class during her childhood and teenage years. What is there to talk about?"
"Just ask her about America and growing up there. I'm sure she'd tell you about it. Maybe you would move past small talk then."
"Hopefully."
"Robert, again I am very sorry you had to marry for money and not love. But that doesn't mean that love won't come for you. I've known Cora for quite some time now and I think that you two are a very good match. Just think about that watch. That alone should endear her to you."
"It does, but it doesn't make me love her."
"You are too stubborn for your own good and you've got that from your mother."