That's what's present to me.
She ought to have understood you better." "Better than you did ?" "Yes," he gravely maintained, "better than I did.

And she didn't really know you at all.

She doesn't know you now." "Ah, yes she does!" said Maggie.
But he shook his head--he knew what he meant.

"She not only doesn't understand you more than I, she understands you ever so much less.
Though even I--!" "Well, even you ?" Maggie pressed as he paused.

"Even I, even I even yet--!" Again he paused and the silence held them.
But Maggie at last broke it.