"And it wasn't enough for you."
"Oh, wasn't it? When you were never the same person for a week together. It was like knowing fifteen or twenty men."
He smiled. "I've always been the same man to you, Jinny. Haven't I?"
"I'm not so sure," said she.
"Anyhow, you were safe with me."
"From what?"
"From being 'had.' But now you've begun knowing all sorts of people——"
"Is that why you've kept away from me?"
He ignored her question. "Awful people, implacable, insatiable, pernicious, destructive people. The trackers down, the hangers-on, the persecutors, the pursuers. Did I ever pursue you?"
"No, George. I can't say you ever did. I can't see you pursuing any one."