Ford looked at her for a second and chewed his lip. He didn't think he was getting through to her. Maybe he hadn't found the right words yet, or maybe she'd already decided before the conversation even started that she wouldn't listen to anything he had to say.
"I thought I could do it for Grace and Clementine," he added after a pause. He could have just cut his losses on this conversation, but he didn't know when he'd get another chance to talk to her one on one, so he might as well try to push it and see if anything would resonate. "Because it was always going to be bad, but it would have been better for them to — leave her and move on. And I thought I could." He put the lid back on the tin of tea, then added darkly, "But I guess I've still got principles down there somewhere."
"I thought I could do it for Grace and Clementine," he added after a pause. He could have just cut his losses on this conversation, but he didn't know when he'd get another chance to talk to her one on one, so he might as well try to push it and see if anything would resonate. "Because it was always going to be bad, but it would have been better for them to — leave her and move on. And I thought I could." He put the lid back on the tin of tea, then added darkly, "But I guess I've still got principles down there somewhere."
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