He knew that he was deluding her—wished, in the very moment of farewell, to make her believe that he gave her the whole price of her heart, and knew that he had spent it half before.
"Oh, I did the deluding.
Is she deluding herself?
You're deluding yourself if you think an extra 10 minutes will make that much difference.
But even though we know that we will have to do it eventually and that we're just deluding ourselves we still put it of.
Is she deluding herself?