Will you think quietly over it all?
Believe me, I am not angry with you, and as for disliking you--what nonsense are we talking! But I can't regret that I let you see how painfully your behaviour impressed me.

That hardness is not natural to you.

You have encouraged yourself in it, and you are warping a very noble character.' 'I wish only to be honest.

Where you felt compassion I felt indignation.' 'Yes; we have gone through all that.

The indignation was a forced, exaggerated sentiment.