"I don't know Marian. I suppose if I heard that you wanted me to be in your life instead of feeling as if I'm some nuisance that you had to put up with. Like some puppy that has piddled on the floor one to many times." Honestly he was rather surprised to see her, with as poorly as he'd been treated.
"I'd thought you would have been glad to be rid of me." And probably surprised that he had not come to claim her virtue.