"Tell me what he says."
"He just says that. He says he's in an awful position, and whatever he does he must behave dishonourably…. I admit he's sorry enough. And he's doing the only honourable thing."
"He would do that."
She fixed her mind on his honour. You could love that. You could love that always.
"He says he asked you to release him. Did he?"
"Yes."
"Then why on earth didn't you?"
"I did. But I couldn't release myself."
"But that's what you ought to have done. Instead of leaving him to do it."
"Oh, no. That would have been dishonourable to myself."