Why don't I?
MRS. HOLROYD
You don't.
BLACKMORE
I don't know about that. I don't know anything about love. Only I've gone on for a year now, and it's got stronger and stronger—
MRS. HOLROYD
What has?
BLACKMORE
This—this wanting you, to live with me. I took no notice of it for a long time. Now I can't get away from it, at no hour and nohow. (He still avoids direct contact with her)
MRS. HOLROYD