"Walter—have you any idea why I went away?"
"Why you went? Obviously, it was the best thing you could do."
"It was the only thing I could do. And I am glad I did it. My mind has become clearer."
"I see. I thought it would."
"It would not have been clear if I had stayed."
"No," he said vaguely, "of course it wouldn't."
"I've seen," she continued, "that there is nothing for me but to come back. It is the right thing."
"Did you doubt it?"
"Yes. I even doubted whether it were possible—whether, in the circumstances, I could bear to come back, to stay—"
"Do you mean—to—the house?"