"You mean if I'd been in love...if someone loved me...he couldn't have -"
She shivered. She'd never been in love in her life, and she didn't see it coming any time soon. But it was sad to think that if she'd had it, this wouldn't have happened.
"But...that girl's husband...boyfriend...lover...he just lets her stay with him? With that monster? If he truly loves her, how can he do that? Why would he not swoop in to...well...save the maiden from the Gorgon?"