"Was it necessary to tell me that you wanted nothing in the world but me?"
The corners of his mouth drooped peevishly.
"Oh, my dear, it's rather hard to take quite literally the things a man says when he's in love with you."
"Didn't you mean them?"
"At the moment."
"And what's to happen to me if Walter divorces me?"
"If we really haven't a leg to stand on of course we won't defend. There shouldn't be any publicity and people are pretty broad-minded nowadays."
For the first time Kitty thought of her mother. She shivered. She looked again at Townsend. Her pain now was tinged with resentment.
"I'm sure you'd have no difficulty in bearing any inconvenience that I had to suffer," she said.
"We're not going to get much further by saying disagreeable things to one another," he answered.