And I simply can't do what you say.

I can't be pleasant to him when I feel this way." "But--" "Oh, I know.

I want to be fair, and I try to be.

I speak to him when I meet him; isn't that enough?
We're not old friends; we're hardly even acquaintances.

And if there is something in his past to be ashamed of, isn't it best that we simply remain that way?
I--" Then she ceased.