"I did not think you wanted me to come back.

I never expected you to be looking for me, and when I saw you doing it, my heart nearly stopped for gladness.

I thought you were wearied of me, and would be annoyed when you saw me coming back.

I said to myself, 'If I go back I shall be a disgrace to womanhood,' But I came; and now do you know what my heart is saying, and always will be saying?
It is that pride and honour and self-respect are gone.

And the terrible thing is that I don't seem to care; I, who used to value them so much, am willing to let them go if you don't send me away from you.
Oh, if you can't love me any longer, let me still love you! That is what I came back to say." "Grizel, Grizel!" he cried.