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Nevertheless I maintain that you are wrong.
Lillie showed every sign of a sane, well-balanced nature. Well, her
famous equability and calm deceived us all. Behind this serene exterior
was concealed the most feminine of all feminine qualities--a fanciful,
visionary imagination.
Do you or I know anything about her first girlish dreams? Have you--in
spite of your happy life together--ever really understood her innermost
soul? Forgive my doubts, but I do not think you have. When a man
possesses a woman as completely as you possessed Lillie, he thinks
himself quite safe. You never knew a moment's doubt, or supposed it
possible that, having you, she could wish for anything else. You
believed that you fulfilled all her requirements.
How do you know that for years past Lillie has not felt some longings
and deficiencies in her inner life of which she was barely conscious, or
which she did not understand?
You are not only a clever and capable man; you are kind, and an
entertaining companion; in short, you have many good qualities which
Lillie exalted to the skies.
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