“You will love your child.”

“My love lies there.”

“Love is a terrible thing.”

“It is life.”

“Love is death.”

“What do you know of love? Poor child, you have never loved.”

“I was never loved.”

“Ah, I was loved! Why do you weep? Who knows not love can smile at suffering.”

She shrank from him.

“Do not touch me, I pray you! Respect—the living.”