Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
Page | 1615 |
Chapter | -- |
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she only blames herself, but I'm drawing my own conclusions. You may not have struck her, but you did worse - you treated her with indifference and exposed her to temptation. What has happened is the natural result of your neglect and want of care for her. The responsibility for what has happened is mainly yours, but apparently you wish to pose now as being very generous and to "forgive her" - you're "willing" to take her back; but it seems to me that it would be more fitting that you should ask her to forgive you.' Easton made no answer and after a long silence the other continued: `I would not advise her to go back to you on such terms as you seem to think right, because if you became reconciled on such terms I don't think either of you could be happy. Your only chance of happiness is to realize that you have both done wrong; that each of you has something to forgive; to forgive and |