"I shall never cease to reproach myself. I have done that which no woman can do and honour herself afterwards. I have been--a jilt."
"The noblest jilt that ever yet halted between two minds! There has been no touch of selfishness in your fickleness. I think I could be hard enough upon a woman who had left me for greater wealth, for a higher rank,--who had left me even that she might be gay and merry. It has not been so with you."
"Yes, it has. I thought you were too firm in your own will, and--"

"I shall never cease to reproach myself. I have done that which no woman can do and honour herself afterwards. I have been - a jilt."
"The noblest jilt that ever yet halted between two minds! There has been no touch of selfishness in your fickleness. I think I could be hard enough upon a woman who had left me for greater wealth, or higher rank. It has not been so with you."
"Yes, it has. I thought you were too firm in your own will, and-"
