"I'm not disputing that."
"I suppose you despise me for—getting what I wanted."
"I only wonder if it was worth while."
"I'll make it that."
"But you won't know until your life is over, until lots of lives are over."
"I'll get what I can now."
She nodded lightly, and her coolness warmed him.
"Helen—"
"Why don't you sit down?"
"I don't know. I wish you wouldn't sew."