I have more reason to blame myself than you, and God knows I have blamed myself bitterly." The tears stood in her eyes as she said these last words, and her voice trembled.
Ratcliffe saw that he had gained an advantage, and, sitting down nearer to her, he dropped his voice and urged his suit still more energetically: "You did me justice then; why not do it now?
You were convinced then that I did the best I could.

I have always done so.

On the other hand I have never pretended that all my acts could be justified by abstract morality.

Where, then, is the divergence between us ?" Mrs.Lee did not undertake to answer this last argument: she only returned to her old ground.

"Mr.Ratcliffe," she said, "I do not want to argue this question.