"Oh, how cruel! How can you be so heartless?"
She began to sob hysterically. He gave an anxious glance at the door.
"My dear, do try and control yourself."
"You don't know how I love you," she gasped. "I can't live without you. Have you no pity for me?"
She could not speak any more. She wept without restraint.
"I don't want to be unkind and, Heaven knows, I don't want to hurt your feelings, but I must tell you the truth."
"It's the ruin of my whole life. Why couldn't you leave me alone? What harm had I ever done you?"
"Of course if it does you any good to put all the blame on me you may."
Kitty blazed with sudden anger.
"I suppose I threw myself at your head. I suppose I gave you no peace till you yielded to my entreaties."