"I am older than thee by two years," she answered quaintly, "and I know more of real life, though I have lived always here.

I have made the most of the little I have seen; thee has made little of the much that thee has seen.

Thee does not know the truth concerning thee.

Is it not, in truth, vanity which would have me believe in thee?
If thee was happier with me than with any one alive, why then did thee make choice of a wife even in the days thee was speaking to me as no man shall ever speak again?
Nothing can explain so base a fact.

No, no, no, thee said to me what thee said to others, and will say again without shame.