Then, his lips trembling: "You hurt me yesterday, yes, you hurt me badly." Gervaise turned pale and clasped her hands as he continued.
"I thought it would happen.

You should have told me, you should have trusted me enough to confess what was happening, so as not to leave me thinking that--" Goujet could not finish the sentence.

Gervaise stood up, realizing that he thought she had gone back with Lantier as the neighbors asserted.
Stretching her arms toward him, she cried: "No, no, I swear to you.

He was pushing against me, trying to kiss me, but his face never even touched mine.

It's true, and that was the first time he tried.