I never thought of giving her a chance of seeing other people--other men--better men--of seeing a tranquil, well-ordered world--of being in it and of it.
I behaved as though my world--the fragment inhabited by my friends and family--was the only alternative to this one.

I've been a fool, Rita; and a cruel one." "No, only an average man, Kelly....

If I give you Valerie's address, would you write and give her her freedom--for her own sake ?--the freedom to try life in that well-ordered world we speak of ?...

Because she is very young.

Life is all before her.