I made shipwreck of myself because I thought I loved a man.

But, as God hears me, you are the only man I have loved.

You came to me like a breath of Heaven while I was in Purgatory--and you have been Heaven to me ever since.

It has been play to you--but to me--" I fell on my knees beside her.

Each of the low half-whispered words was a red hot iron.