A man can always put these things through if he'll take it on himself." Soames turned square to him, with a sound which seemed to come from somewhere very deep.
"Why should I suffer more than I've suffered already?
Why should I ?" Jolyon could only shrug his shoulders.

His reason agreed, his instinct rebelled; he could not have said why.
"Your father," went on Soames, "took an interest in her--why, goodness knows! And I suppose you do too ?" he gave Jolyon a sharp look.

"It seems to me that one only has to do another person a wrong to get all the sympathy.

I don't know in what way I was to blame--I've never known.
I always treated her well.

I gave her everything she could wish for.