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 : I gather that you and my husband were  somewhat intimate fifteen years ago.

I told you.



(struck white) : No! Oh, no! You don’t understand. We were going to be married.

(horror-struck) : Married??



Chris and you? Oh, no not possible.

Chris is a man of honour. If he had betrayed this poor girl  naturally he would feel bound

You won’t understand. It isn’t what you think you musn’t think that.





I knew it then. But he did want me to marry him he did love me. Oh, I don’t want to hurt you, but it’s all so long ago, and you must understand. He was only a boy. It was before he knew you, or I know he could never have thought of me. Oh, but he did love me!