"She tells me all, and he knows it.

I can see that his eyes are fixed on me now with a growing hatred.

He fears that I uphold her in this duel of words, of answerless questions.
"He has threatened her roughly with sending her away to some place, to 'come to her senses,' alone, and--" the frightened woman said, "That is what I fear--some sudden, rough brutality.

He despairs of making her love him.

If she were suddenly removed--and I cast adrift on the world, alone, here, he would, I suppose, send me back to Switzerland.