She could feel herself rapidly losing her composure but it was all she could do in the face of his infuriating apathy. "I take full responsibility for my part in destroying our marriage but it is a shared burden, Phineas. My sin was straying but yours is denying any responsibility, behaving as though your sole duty is being Headmaster of Hogwarts. You've failed so egregiously that your sister is more of a husband than you! I've tried to make it up to you, to make amends but you've never even tried to forgive me. You'd rather sweep me under the carpet than try, you choose to be a coward by blaming it all on me." This wasn't going to get her what she wanted but she now seriously doubted that he would ever have agreed to it in the first, what did she have to lose now? He'd be a fool to divorce her and if he was going to make her life more hellish than it already was he'd have to put more effort in to that than he'd seemingly put into their marriage in years so that seemed unlikely. Perhaps he might hate her more but what did she care now?

"Well I've had enough. I've done everything I can. I won't apologize for my behavior again, I've spent the last ten years in penance and for what? I wash my hands of you and all responsibility of our marriage going forward, if you don't care to do anything about it then I shall take my freedom whether you like it or not. You can trust me in that, I have so little left to lose." Ursula turned her back on him without missing a beat and headed briskly towards the door. If he had anything more to say she didn't care, as far as she was concerned it was no longer a conversation and it was very much over.

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