"I let him see that I loved him. I did that before I married Mr. Brokenshire."
"You let him see more than that you loved him. You showed him that you didn't know how to live without him."
"But since I didn't know how—"
"Ah, but you should have known. No woman should be so dependent on a man as that."
She fell back again on her pillows.
"It's easy to see you've never been in love."
"I have been in love—and am still; but love is not the most important thing in the world—"
"Then you differ from all the great teachers. They say it is."
"If they do they're not speaking of sexual love."
"What are they speaking of, then?"