You talk of me as i were dead

Ok. So i was going over "old Times by pinter" (for the 5th time this week). and i love this quote:

"You talk of me as if i were dead". (Pinter 1027).

This is said by kate, and at first i didnt understand it. Ok, i still dont; but i like it. The quote has depth. I think it has something to do with her actually being dead? i dont know; they were talking about memories right before; and then she said this great quote. hmmm.....perhaps it is saying that she wasnt included in the conversation; but that would be a literal meaning. That isnt the case here; pinter isnt literal. He's known for taking the literal; the normal, and twisting it to the pre-portion you could think a simple quote like this could mean the oddest of explinations.
Perhaps this quote says that Anne And Deeley secretly wish she was dead; or perhaps, going into a theroy, Kate really is dead and just is revealing a pice of the plot?
help?
Wish me luck world,
Hayley Michelle