"And it has been my fault that you have suffered; I know that. These years of misery have been my doing." It was, however, the year of coming misery that was the most to be dreaded.
"I do not say that," she replied, "nor have I ever thought it. I have myself and myself only to blame." Here he altogether misunderstood her, believing her to mean that the fault for which she blamed herself had been committed in separating herself from him on that former occasion.
"Alice, dear, let bygones be bygones."

"And it has been my fault that you have suffered; I know that. These years of misery have been my doing."
It was, however, the year of coming misery that she most dreaded.
"I do not say that," she replied. "I have myself only to blame." Here he altogether misunderstood her, believing her to mean that she blamed herself for separating herself from him on that former occasion.
"Alice, dear, let bygones be bygones."
