"I do not know if I would have allowed myself." He shudders a little at the memory, and shakes his head. "That was -- you are stronger than I, in that respect."


A little softer, now, "I would not have let you do anything, with -- it." Never mind that they were separated, he would have tried something somehow. "I do not think he suffers, I hope not, from what I can recall --" He sighs.

"You need not trouble yourself so, my love."