And you will be so bitterly disappointed afterwards when you discover my limitations." "I will risk that," he said.
"No.

I don't want you to take any risks.

If you set up an idol, and it falls, you may be--I think you are--the kind of man to be ruined by it." She spoke very earnestly, but his faint smile told her that her words had failed to convince.
"Are you really afraid of all that ?" he asked curiously.
She caught her breath.

"Yes, I am afraid.

I don't think you know yourself, your strength, or your weakness.