"But my child!" she shrieked.
" You see what he writes! I should have to leave him, and I can't and won't do that.
" "But, for God's sake, which is better?--leave your child, or keep up this degrading position?" "To whom is it degrading?" "To all, and most of all to you.
" "You say degrading...don't say that.
Those words have no meaning for me," she said in a shaking voice.