It struck through to her very soul.

She stood motionless, but she felt crushed and numb.
Ranger walked to the end of the room and then came straight back to her.
"Look here!" he said.

"This is the most damnable thing I've ever had to do.

Let's get it over! He's a rotter and a blackguard.
Can you grasp that?
He hasn't lived a clean life all these years he's been away from you.

He went wrong almost at the outset.