26/28 "I never thought it would come to that--I never thought he could be poor! I never thought he would suffer in that way. And it is my fault, Martha--all of it! You must not think I do not see it! Every word you say is true--and every one else knows that it is true. It was all vanity and selfishness and stubbornness, never caring whom I hurt, so that I had the things I wanted. I put the blame on my husband a while ago because I did not want you to hate me too much. All the women who do wrong talk that way, hoping for some comforting word in their misery. |