The narrator is deeply in love with the woman that they're speaking about but they're caught up by their own feelings of pride and fear. He recognizes this but seems at a loss to do anything about it and accepts that he's going to lose the relationship because of it.
The narrator is deeply in love with the woman that they're speaking about but they're caught up by their own feelings of pride and fear. He recognizes this but seems at a loss to do anything about it and accepts that he's going to lose the relationship because of it.