"No."
"Or she would have felt that she couldn't do enough to make up for it all."
"Yes."
"That's what I should feel if it had been Douglas."
Sir Julian could not think of a reply that should provide any variation upon his previous monosyllabic ones.
"And if it had been me, Douglas would have felt just like that, too."
Sir Julian began to wonder how much longer they were to continue this consideration of hypothetical contingencies.
"The fact is, I'm afraid I've been too fearfully silly for anything."
It being impossible to express his own conviction that nothing could be more probable, Sir Julian still sat speechless, looking with growing dismay at his visitor, who was exhibiting every sign of an intention to burst into tears.
"I am afraid," said Iris, beginning to cry, "that Mark has fallen in love with her."