"He must have seen that I loved--that I loved you.

Is there any use in not speaking plainly now?
Then at some other time, in some other place, he would have done what he did, and I should have been angry and cruel--for it is my nature to be cruel when I am angry, and to be angry easily, at that.

Men talk so easily of self-control, and self-command and dignity, and self-respect! They have not loved--that is all.

I am not angry now, nor cruel.

I am sorry for what I did, and I would undo it, if deeds were knots and wishes deeds.