“And what did she talk about?”
“I don’t know. I suppose I did all the jawing — I usually do. I think I was telling her about the strike, and how the women took it.”
“Yes.”
So he gave the account of himself.
But insidiously, without his knowing it, the warmth he felt for Clara drew him away from Miriam, for whom he felt responsible, and to whom he felt he belonged. He thought he was being quite faithful to her. It was not easy to estimate exactly the strength and warmth of one’s feelings for a woman till they have run away with one.