"Robert. What are you doing here?"
"This is our private sitting room. I can be here whenever I want to."
"Of course you can. I was just surprised because you usually prefer to spend the time between tea and the dressing gong with your parents."
"It's not what I prefer, it's what they want me to do."
"Then why aren't you playing the dutiful son today?"
"My mother gave me a lecture and I just couldn't stand it anymore."
"What was the lecture on?"
"Marital harmony and happiness. She said you were unhappy and that it was my job to make you happy. But you are happy, aren't you?"
"I am not unhappy. But why does your mother care? She doesn't like me."
"She cares because in her own words 'people like us are never unhappily married'. What she means is that an unhappy marriage could lead to a scandal. And that has to be avoided at all costs. And I am so sick of it. I am so sick of 'playing the dutiful son' as you say."
"Then stop."
"How?"
"I don't know. Stop spending time with them between tea and the dressing gong."
"What am I supposed to do instead?"
"Spend some time with me."
"With you?"
"I am your wife. It wouldn't hurt if you spend more time with me."
"Are you going to give me a lecture on marital happiness and harmony as well? Because if you are, I will leave."
"I won't lecture you. I just said that I think that it might be good for us if we spent more time together. Just us I mean."
"What would you like to do?"
"Talk."
"All right. Tell me about growing up in America."