"It will come to be so with me; and I shall quail. What else is there for me? I will not say to the world, 'Pity me.'"
She was about to ring for her maid when she heard the door open behind her. It was Grandcourt who came in.
"You want some one to fasten them," he said, coming toward her.
She did not answer, but simply stood still, leaving him to take out the ornaments and fasten them as he would. Doubtless he had been used to fasten them on some one else. With a bitter sort of sarcasm against herself, Gwendolen thought, "What a privilege this is, to have robbed another woman of!"

"So shall I quail too. What else is there for me? I will not say to the world, 'Pity me.'"
She heard the door open behind her, and Grandcourt came in.
"You want some one to fasten them," he said.
She did not answer, but simply stood still, leaving him to fasten the diamonds on her as he would. Doubtless he had been used to fasten them on someone else. With a bitter sarcasm against herself, Gwendolen thought, "What a privilege this is, to have robbed another woman of!"
