"And you've decided in your own favor?"
"So far. I've been actuated by the instinct of self-preservation."
"And are you going to persist in it?"
"That's for you to tell me. But I should like to remind you first of this, that if I don't—I go."
"And what if—if I went with you?"
"You couldn't. The journey would be too long."
"But you needn't go so far if I'm there."
"I couldn't take you with me. You must understand that. I once knew an American girl who married a man who cheated at cards, and buried herself alive with him. I wouldn't let a woman do that for me."
"But if she wanted to?"
"In that case she ought to be protected from herself. There's no use in ruining two lives where one will do."