And why should you want to hide that from me ?" She stood there, swaying slightly, taking deep breaths to aid her in her effort.
"Well, I assure you I feel absolutely all right now.

I'm not a bit weak now! I know I was ridiculously foolish--" "Yes, that's the point I want to get at," he interrupted; "that's just the point I want to get hold of." He did not even appreciate his want of consideration then in pressing her to answer.

"Why do you call it foolish?
It was I who was foolish; I, entirely, who am to blame.

I ought to have known that that was not a fit sight for any woman not accustomed to look on at such things.

And because you can't stand it, you call yourself foolish." Sally walked with an effort across to the armchair with the rushed seat and sank quietly into it.
"I only mean it was foolish," she explained, "because it was a silly thing to do, the first time that I come to your rooms, for me to faint like that.