"Oh! ... But I'm not glad ... I was desperate—"
"I mean," he interrupted coolly, "from Mr. Morton. The silver lining is, you're not married to a blackguard."
"Oh, yes, yes!" she agreed passionately.
"And you have youth, health, years of life before you!"
He sighed inaudibly....
"You wouldn't say that, if you understood."
"There are worse things to put up with than youth and health and the right to live."
"But—how can I live? What am I to do?"
"Have you thought of going home?"
"It isn't possible."