But he will not say it. If that is true and it frightens him to love me as he does, he will not say so. He did not say that I was important enough to make any interruption in the path the two of you were taking—he did not speak of that at all—and then he says ‘of course I want you’ only after I drag it from him with my fingernails.
I cannot understand why he is confused by my being afraid that—
no subject
[ She sounds a little strained. ]
But he will not say it. If that is true and it frightens him to love me as he does, he will not say so. He did not say that I was important enough to make any interruption in the path the two of you were taking—he did not speak of that at all—and then he says ‘of course I want you’ only after I drag it from him with my fingernails.
I cannot understand why he is confused by my being afraid that—
[ A pause. With some self-recrimination: ]
You do not need to listen to my grievances.