Your knowing makes it harder.' 'I should have thought that if you liked anyone so _very_ much, you would want to see them all the time, as much as possible, always--even with other people...anything rather than not see them--be away altogether.

At least, that's how I should feel.' 'No doubt you would; that's a woman's view.

And besides, you see, you don't care!' 'The more I cared, the less I should go away, I think.' 'But, haven't I tried?
And I can't bear it.

You don't know how cruel you are with your sweetness, Edith...Oh, put yourself in my place! How do you suppose I feel when I've been with you like this, near you, looking at you, delighting in you the whole evening--and then, after supper, you go away with Bruce?
_You've_ had a very pleasant evening, no doubt; it's all right for you to feel you've got me, as you know you have--and with no fear, no danger.

Yes, you enjoy it!' 'Oh, Aylmer!' He saw in the half-darkness that her eyes looked reproachful.
'I didn't mean it.