"I can't talk, Jordan."
"Could you listen a little?" He smiled appealingly. "Comes a time in every man's life when he knows he's done bad things and feels guilty. That's when he needs a friend to reassure him. Everybody has to have somebody who believes he's never wrong."
She shook her head. "I haven't got the strength."
"Then could I just be near you a little? Maybe we can help each other without words."
"No," she said. "Please go."
"What's the matter, darling? You're in trouble too."
"I can't talk about it now."
"Something's happened?"
"Yes. You loused me beautifully, too."
"I did?"