Had this woman you have deceived been weak or foolish or unloving, or indeed anything but what she is, I might have held to my rights and insisted upon a recognition which would have profited you in the end.

But I cannot shame that woman--I can neither shame her nor bring her to grief.

You have broken one heart, but you shall be saved the remorse of breaking two.

I had rather suffer myself.

I am alone in the world.