You would get rid of me at once." Suddenly his voice changed.

"Oh, Mary--you used to love me!" cried the wretched man, burying his face in his hands.
"I was very wrong," answered his wife, looking away from him.

"You did not deserve it--you never did." "Because I was unfortunate!" "Unfortunate!" repeated Mary Goddard with rising scorn.
"Unfortunate--when you were deceiving me every day of your life.

I could have forgiven a great deal--Walter--but not that, not that!" "What?
About the money ?" he asked with sudden fierceness.
"The money--no.

Even though you were disgraced and convicted, Walter, I would have forgiven that, I would have tried to see you, to comfort you.
I should have been sorry for you; I would have done what I could to help you.