"This—what I have told you—is a very close bond between us, isn't it?" she said.
"Very close, Strelsa."
"Was I much to blame?"
"No."
"How much?"
"You should have left him long before."
"Why, he was my husband! I had made a contract; I had to keep it and make the best of it."
"Is that your idea?"
"That was all I could see to do about it."
"Don't you believe in divorce?"