She began to cry on his shoulder:

“I feel....”

“What?”

“That I am not free, although ... although I am divorced. I feel ... that I am his wife all the same.”

She whispered the words almost inaudibly.

“But then you do love him and more than you love me.”

“No, no, I swear I don’t!”

“But, darling, you’re not talking sense!”

“Yes, indeed I am.”

“No, you’re not. It’s impossible!”