"I don't know."
"No. You don't know. So you're bound to give her the benefit of the doubt. I advise you to do it. For your own peace of mind's sake. And for your husband's sake."
"It was for his sake that I asked you for the truth. Because—"
"You wanted me to clear him?"
"Yes. Or to tell me if there is anything I should forgive."
"I can assure you he didn't come here to see Sarah Cayley. As to forgiveness—you haven't got to forgive him that; and if you only understood, you'd find that there was precious little you ever had to forgive."
"If I only understood. You think I don't understand, even yet?"
"I'm sure you don't. You never did."
"I would give everything if I could understand now."
"Yes, if you could. But can you?"