I know now.

It was to know the heart and mind of a woman--of a woman older than thee.

So that thee should have such sort of experience, though I was but a foolish choice of the experiment.
They say thee has a gift for chemistry like thy father; but if thee experiments no more wisely in the laboratory than with me, thee will not reach distinction." "Your father hated my father and did not believe in him, I know not why, and you are now hating and disbelieving me." "I do not know why my father held the late Earl in abhorrence; I know he has no faith in thee; and I did ill in listening to thee, in believing for one moment there was truth in thee.

But no, no, I think I never believed it.

I think that even when thee said most, at heart I believed least." "You doubt that?
You doubt all I said to you ?" he urged softly, coming close to her.
She drew aside slightly.