Has he ever suggested to you in any way the possibility of--of--well, you know what I mean ?" "Fixing it up again between us ?" she supplied, an eager light in her eyes.
"No, never, Dr.Thorpe.He has never spoken to me, never written a line to me.

That's fine of him too.

He loves me, I'm sure of it, and he wants me, but it _is_ fine of him not to bother me, now isn't it?
He knows he could drag me back into the muddle, he knows he could make a fool of me, and yet he will not take that advantage of me." "Would you go back to him if he asked you to do so ?" "I suppose so," she sighed.

Then brightly: "So, you see, I shall refuse to see him if he ever comes to plead.

That's the only way.