`ButIammarriedalready，’shesaid。`Ican’tleaveClifford，youknow。’
`Whynot？butwhynot？’hecried。`He’llhardlyknowyou’vegone，aftersixmonths。Hedoesn’tknowthatanybodyexists，excepthimself。Whythemanhasnouseforyouatall，asfarasIcansee；he’sentirelywrappedupinhimself。’
Conniefelttherewastruthinthis。ButshealsofeltthatMickwashardlymakingadisplayofselflessness。
`Aren’tallmenwrappedupinthemselves？’sheasked。
`Oh，moreorless，Iallow。Aman’sgottobe，togetthrough。Butthat’snotthepoint。Thepointis，whatsortofatimecanamangiveawoman？