I put myself in your hands, Violet. I shall never suspect that you can do anything, not that I should reproach you for—I will never reproach you—but that you may reproach yourself for.
[A pause.]
Violet.
Just now, when we were talking of Abdul Said, I asked if you could do your duty when it was a matter that affected you, if it meant misery or happiness to you, I said.
Arthur.
My dear, duty is rather a forbidding word. Let us say that I—want to earn my screw.
Violet.
You must have thought me very silly. I said I hoped you'd never be put to the test, and the test had come already, and you never hesitated.
Arthur.
These things are very much a matter of habit, you know.