She breaks off, and then says, abruptly, "I meant to say thank you. It is what I came to say. Thank you -- I am glad you did come. It was very awful. But I also wish you had not. I had forgotten how much I hate it -- for people to be ill or hurt and to have it be my fault."
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"You should not have had to. I wish -"
She breaks off, and then says, abruptly, "I meant to say thank you. It is what I came to say. Thank you -- I am glad you did come. It was very awful. But I also wish you had not. I had forgotten how much I hate it -- for people to be ill or hurt and to have it be my fault."