Is it likely I'd go out of my way to insult a helpless woman ?" "You wouldn't mean to, J.J., but you might do it.

Your ideas of what is insulting are so peculiar.

Believing the sort of things you do believe about her, you might say something very offensive without meaning any harm.

Do be careful." "I shall not allude to her past, if that's what you are thinking of.

I never have alluded to her past to any one but you, except on the one occasion on which she brought up the subject herself.