If I _had_ known----" "I understand.

You wouldn't have married me ?" "I should not." "Dear--do you suppose I didn't know that ?" "I know nothing." "Do you remember the day I asked you why you cared for me, and you said it was because you knew I was good ?" Her lip trembled.
"And of course I know it's been an awful shock to you to discover that--I--was _not_ so good." She turned away her face.
"But I never meant you to discover it.

Not for yourself, like this.

I couldn't have forgiven myself--after what you told me.

I meant to have told you myself--that evening--but my poor little sister promised me that she would.