I've no right to punish you.

You've been guilty of no fault--" "Except the fault of being myself," she flung back bitterly.
"But I ought never to have married you.

I did it, knowing you were not fit--suitable"-- he corrected himself hastily.

"So I alone am to blame.
You will retain your position here as my wife--mistress of my home." Diane, remembering Catherine's despotic rule, smiled mirthlessly.

"But henceforth you will be my wife in name only.