The Father

CAPTAIN. Didn’t you ever feel ridiculous as a father? I know of nothing so ludicrous as to see a father leading his children by the hand around the streets, or to hear it father talk about his children. My wife’s children, he ought to say. Did you ever feel how false your position was? Weren’t you ever afflicted with doubts, I won’t say suspicions, for, as a gentleman, I assume that your wife was above suspicion.