"It's in him to understand; only—she lost the right to make him understand. She—she debased herself. So she must sacrifice herself to get clean again. She must make even greater sacrifices than any she cowed away from. She must do this without any of the compensations that come to those who have been honest and unafraid."
"What of him?"
"He must never know. He'll go round and round his little circle, and she must watch him."
"It's terrible," he murmured. "It will be terrible for her to watch him do that. If you had told him how she felt—"
"God forbid!"
"Or if you had only told me, so that I could have told him—"
She seized Peter's arm.
"You would n't have dared!"
"I'd dare anything to save two people from such torment."
"You—you don't think he will worry?"