“Yes, of course.”
“It helps you to understand me, I expect.”
“Surely it must.”
“I wonder if you could ever—”
“What is it, Adela?”
“I wonder if you could ever turn against me.”
“I don’t think that is very likely,” he said.
She looked at him. He was smiling.
“But—could nothing cause you to change towards me?”
“Some things might cause me to change towards anyone.”