"What won't you believe?"
"That you don't care for me. I can't believe it."
"You'd better, Robert."
"I don't. There's something wrong. You must tell me what it is."
"There's nothing wrong but that. I—I made a mistake."
"You only thought you liked me? Or is it worse than that?"
"It's worse, far worse."
"I see. You tried to like me, and you couldn't?"
She was silent.
"Poor child. I've been a selfish brute. I might have known you couldn't. You've hardly known me ten days. But if I wait, Kitty—if I give you time to think?"