broke out with unexpected vehemence: \"I want to be free; I want to wipe out all the past.\"
\"I understand that.\"
Her face warmed. \"Then you'll help me?\"
\"First—\" he hesitated—\"perhaps I ought to know a little more.\"
She seemed surprised. \"You know about my husband—my life with him?\"
He made a sign of assent.
\"Well—then—what more is there? In this country are such things tolerated? I'm a Protestant—our church does not forbid divorce in such cases.\"
broke out with unexpected vehemence: \"I want to be free; I want to wipe out all the past.\"
\"I understand that.\"
Her face warmed. \"Then you'll help me?\"
\"First—\" he hesitated—\"perhaps I ought to know a little more.\"
She seemed surprised. \"You know about my husband—my life with him?\"
He made a sign of assent.
\"Well—then—what more is there? In this country are such things tolerated? I'm a Protestant—our church does not forbid divorce in such cases.\"
