human
You thought I wouldn't do it, she said at length, more to convict me of bad judgement, I think, than to defend her own conduct.
gpt
Men are so curious.... You all had the clearest warning, only you wouldn't take it. You wouldn't see that it was the only thing left for me to do.
human
And you are still of that mind? You feel it was the right thing?
gpt
It depends what you mean by right, she answered slowly.
human
Most people would say it was wrong, but then most people are fools. And none of them could possibly know what I had to go through,
gpt
They'll never know that, I said,
human
I'm very happy,
gpt
And you think you'll continue to be?
human
No one can answer that.... I'm happier than I was. You, of course, think that I've behaved criminally. I only feel that we made a mistake. I thought David loved me, and he--didn't. I believe _he_ thought he loved me.... I made every possible allowance for him, I did everything a woman could do to make a success of our life, but you must have seen enough to know that he never gave our marriage a chance. I was ready to put up with everything until he humiliated me in my own house. Then it was time to admit we'd made a mistake and to get out of it as soon as possible. Her parasol was again at work on the hard-baked gravel.
gpt
If he'd hated me, if he'd enjoyed hurting me, he couldn't have done better. I never knew what men were capable of before.
human
I have not criticised you, Mrs. O'Rane, I said,
gpt
You haven't criticised me in _words_,
human
I am trying to suspend judgement till I know the facts. You will admit that it requires _prima facie_ justification when a young wife leaves a husband who worships her--I will cut out the offending phrase, if you like--leaves her _blind_ husband----