"No, Peter, I'm sure she didn't. She—she was selfish."
"Besides, if you only come through safe, and learn—"
"At least, I've learned," she answered.
"Since you went away from me?"
"Yes."
"You have n't told me very much about that."
She caught her breath.
"Is—is it dishonest to keep to one's self how one learns?" she asked.
"No, little woman; only, I feel as though I'd like to know you as I know myself. I'd like to feel that there was n't a nook or cranny in your mind that was n't open to me."
"Peter!"