“If I told you that I had been very, very wicked in those mysterious years, would it seem important to you?”
“Of course! Horribly! It couldn’t help it, if a man cared much for a woman.”
“And if a woman cared a lot for a man, ought it to make a difference what he had done before he met her?”
“Well, of course––but that’s different.”
“Why?”
“Oh, because it is.”
“Men say ‘Because!’ too, I see.”
“It’s just shorthand with us. It means you know it so well there’s no need of explaining.”
“Oh! Well, if you––I say, if you were very much in love with me––”