"I want to tell you that I would do the hardest penance if I could wipe out these last four years." "Penance ?" she said dreamily--"penance?
What guarantee of happiness would that be?
One would not wish another to do penance if--" She paused.
"I understand," he said--"if one cared--if one loved.

Yes, I understand.
But that does not alter the force or meaning of the wish.

I swear to you that I repent with all my heart--the first wrong to you, the long absence--the neglect--everything." She turned slowly to him.

"Everything-Everything ?" she repeated after him.

"Do you understand what that means?
Do you know a woman's heart?
No.