If you had loved me..." "Anna! How does the question of my love come in?" "Oh, if you loved me, as I love, if you were tortured as I am!$JMR" she said, looking at him with an expression of terror.

He was sorry for her, and angry notwithstanding.

He assured her of his love because he saw that this was the only means of soothing her, and he did not reproach her in words, but in his heart he reproached her.