He did not speak.
"You despise me because I have left my home."
"No, Anna," he murmured.
"You think I'm dreadful—you think of me as an abandoned creature."
"No, dear one—no."
"Perhaps—you—love another woman."
"You can't think that."
"Perhaps—you have—another tie—without love."
"None; I am bound to no one."
"You have promised yourself to no one?"