I ignore it.

Not all wives are so kind as you, to be in such a hurry to communicate such agreeable news to their husbands.

" He laid special emphasis on the word "agreeable.

" "I shall ignore it so long as the world knows nothing of it, so long as my name is not disgraced.

And so I simply inform you that our relations must be just as they have always been, and that only in the event of your compromising me I shall be obliged to take steps to secure my honor.