"You wouldn't ask me that, Maisie, if you didn't know it was."
"Perhaps I do know. Do you care for him very much, Anne?"
"Yes, I care for him, very much. And I can't stand it."
"It's so bad that you've got to go away?"
"It's so bad that I've got to go away."
"That's very brave of you."
"Or very cowardly."
"No. You couldn't be a coward…. Oh, Anne darling, I'm so sorry."
"Don't be sorry. It's my own fault. I'd no business to get into this state. Don't let's talk about it, Maisie."
"All right, I won't. But I'm sorry…. Only one thing. It—it hasn't made you hate me, has it?"