“Why does he do this?”
“Because he is good.”
“A great many good people would never do it!”
“Because he has suffered much and learned much.”
“What have his sufferings to do with me?”
“He has pity for your sorrows.”
“Pity is not enough to do this, Provana.”
“Because he loves you,” Gianni Provana declared at last.
“What a poltroon!” she sneered with infinite contempt.