“Besides, Eckhart,” he added, “while you have a perfect right to call me
a fool, you certainly can't say that, as life runs, my attitude has been
unnatural. The woman deliberately broke with life. As a result of her
own acts, she is now outside the pale of decent society.”
“Outside--where we men are,” said I, very sad and bitter.
He sniffed, rather contemptuously. He thought my observation too
obvious.