"I would join with Lady Midlothian in putting you into a madhouse, if you did. But I am so glad; I am, indeed. I was afraid to the last,--terribly afraid; you are so hard and so proud. I don't mean hard to me, dear. You have never been half hard enough to me. But you are hard to yourself, and, upon my word, you have been hard to him. What a deal you will have to make up to him!"
"I feel that I ought to stand before him always as a penitent,--in a white sheet."

"I am so glad. I was afraid to the last - you are so hard and so proud. I don't mean hard to me, dear. But you are hard to yourself, and, upon my word, you have been hard to him. What a deal you will have to make up to him!"
"I feel that I ought to stand before him as a penitent, in a white sheet."
