Come, please answer!' 'I won't be compelled!' she interrupted with vehemence.

'I am resolved not to be yours--not to give you an answer to-night! Never, never will I be reasoned out of my intention; and I say I won't answer you to-night! I should never have let you be so much with me but for pity of you; and now it is come to this!' She had sunk into a chair, and now leaned upon her hand, and buried her face in her handkerchief.

He had never caused her any such agitation as this before.
'You stab me with your words,' continued De Stancy.

'The experience I have had with you is without parallel, Paula.

It seems like a distracting dream.' 'I won't be hurried by anybody!' 'That may mean anything,' he said, with a perplexed, passionate air.
'Well, mine is a fallen family, and we must abide caprices.