insulted, humbled, and contaminated; that she should ever have forgiven me for a moment is more than I can credit or fathom to this hour … So there we were. She would not look at me. And I would not leave her until death removed me. Santos had been kind enough to her hitherto; he had been kind enough (I understand) to her mother before her. It was only in the execution of his plans that he showed his Napoleonic disregard
insulted, humbled, and contaminated; that she should ever have forgiven me for a moment is more than I can credit or fathom to this hour … So there we were. She would not look at me. And I would not leave her until death removed me. Santos had been kind enough to her hitherto; he had been kind enough (I understand) to her mother before her. It was only in the execution of his plans that he showed his Napoleonic disregard
