George.
So, that was the reason! And at the same time you went under your manzanillo-tree to die?
Marie.
[Nods.]
George.
And did you never realize the real state of things? Gertrude was then still a child--and because I could not win you, I took her. Did that thought never occur to you?
Marie.
How could I ever dare to think that?
George.
But later?