I haven't acted so badly since I was a child." "It's my fault, all of it.

I've tired you out.

And I let you get into that crush at the circus--" he was going on, remorsefully.
"_That_!" she interrupted.

"I don't think I would have missed the circus." He had a thrilling hope that she meant the tent-pole; she looked as if she meant that, but he dared not let himself believe it.
"No," he continued; "I have been so madly happy in being with you that I've fairly worn out your patience.

I've haunted you all day, and I have----" "All that has nothing to do with it," she said, slowly.