"We have—have had scarcely time yet to do anything very much."
"We've done enough to widen the breach between us—however we've managed to accomplish it. That's all I know, Jacqueline."
"I thought the breach was closing."
"I thought so, too, this morning."
"Wounds can not heal over night," she said, in a low voice.
"Wounds can not heal at all if continually irritated."
"I know it. Give me a little time, Jim. It is all so new to me, and there is no precedent to follow—and I haven't very much wisdom. I am only trying to find myself so I shall know how best to serve you——"
"I don't want to be served, Jacqueline! I want you to love me——"
"I do."
"You do in a hurt, reproachful, frightened, don't-touch-me sort of way——"