"What you didn't quite like to say—we can separate."
"Do you mean that?"
"If you do."
"What do you want?"
"Whatever you do," Anne said after a thoughtful pause. "In a situation like this, the wish of one must be the wish of both."
The cold patience of her explanation was maddening.
"That's unfair—to put it up to me like that."
"I'm not. You put it up to me in the first place. You say we can't go on like this and the only thing to do is separate."
"You said separate."
"Don't quibble." The first impatience pricked Anne's calm. "This isn't a witness stand. You said we had to find the trouble or—you didn't quite have the courage to say separate, but you meant it."