"Do you think it would not be easy for me to persuade myself?
I believe in divorce with all my heart and soul and intelligence.

I _know_ it is right and just.

But not for me....
Louis--how can I do this thing to them?
How can I go to them and disclose myself as a common creature of common origin and primitive impulse, showing the crack in the gay gilding and veneer they have laboured to cover me with ?...

I cannot....

I could endure the disgrace myself; I cannot disgrace them.