"Then I hate you!"
She sat erect, and an angry flush colored her cheeks.
"No doubt."
"You have destroyed the only chance of happiness I ever expect to have."
"Do you deserve happiness?"
"Won't you grant me that mercy?"
"Have you ever shown mercy?"
As her regret over the failure of her plans had been swallowed up in resentment at the doer of the mischief, so her passion was swept away by a wave of self-pity. She turned to him with fierce reproach.
"You think I am so heartless as to be outside of the needs of other women, don't you?"
"I must confess that you are the only one of your kind in my experience."