Where is the woman to be found, in her place, with a heart hard enough to have set her that example?
She pointed to a chair.

He felt her indulgence gratefully.

Following the impulse of the moment, he attempted to excuse his conduct.
"There is only one thing I can say for myself," he confessed, "I didn't begin by deceiving you.

While you had your eye on me, Iris, I was an honourable man." This extraordinary defence reduced her to silence.

Was there another man in the world who would have pleaded for pardon in that way?
"I'm afraid I have not made myself understood," he said.