What is "because it is bitter and because it is my heart" message about the price of keeping secrets? For example, does the novel argue, by what happens in the story, that keeping secrets enriches relationships or damages them?
I'm not sure about sectets but Iris misrepresents her past life to the Savages in order to be accepted into their way of life, fully aware that someone of her troubled past would not normally be allowed entrance into their lives and position in society. Internally, Iris continues to struggle with reconciliation of her past and her future, and there are moments of uncertainty and angst, but Iris eventually marries the Savages' son, Alan, in an attempt to rise above her personal history and entrench herself into a life of security and wealth. Ironically, Iris has achieved the lifestyle that had eluded Duke and Persia in their quest to live graciously among the wealthy even though her piece of mind and sense of belonging will always be in question.
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