He doesn't care one atom whether I make my appearance or not.
He doesn't even give me a thought.

It's so long since _that time_ that he has forgotten even my existence.

He has been all over the world since then, and has had a hundred adventures.

I have been living quietly, cherishing the remembrance of that one thing." "Ethel, is it not worth trying?
Go down and try him." "I can not bear it.

I can not look at him.