Commentary for Yevamot 211:10

אלמא אמר ליה משטה אני בך הכא נמי משטה אני בך

From this then it is evident that the one can say to the other, 'I was merely fooling you'; so here also<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the case of halizah under discussion. ');">²⁵</span> [the woman may say], 'I was merely fooling you'. 'Where is your father?'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Abaye's query implied that R. Papa seemed to have all his needs provided for by his parents and that this left him leisure enough to indulge in fine dialectics. ');">²⁶</span> [Abaye] asked him. — 'In town', the other replied. 'Where is your mother?'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Abaye's query implied that R. Papa seemed to have all his needs provided for by his parents and that this left him leisure enough to indulge in fine dialectics. ');">²⁶</span>

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