"Well then you may have saved me from a lifetime of misery," said Eward of his brother's explanation of doing it for both their sakes.
"It is over between us," Eward said with a scathing look at his brother. "It is over. I asked her to marry me. Twice. And each time she turned me down. Actually, the second time she merely burst into tears and would not allow me the pleasure of hearing a straightforward answer and she made it quite clear that it meant nothing to her, what we had, what I thought we had.... That is the reason I am here, in my bedroom, consoling myself with whores and alcohol and you are not helping!"