"And then, remember--Nicky hadn't so much to give up."
"He had you."
"Oh, no. He knew that was the way to keep me."
"Ronny--if Nicky had been like me could he have kept you?"
She considered it.
"Yes--if he could have been himself too."
"He couldn't, you see. He never could have felt like that."
"I don't say He could."
"Well--the awful thing is 'feeling like that.'"
"And the magnificent thing is 'feeling like that,' and going all the same. Everybody knows that but you, Michael."