Mr.Brand, of course, has property of his own, eh ?" "I believe he has some property; but that has nothing to do with it." "With you, of course not; but with your father and sister it must have.
So, as I say, if this were settled, I should feel more at liberty." "More at liberty ?" Gertrude repeated.

"Please unfasten the boat." Felix untwisted the rope and stood holding it.

"I should be able to say things to you that I can't give myself the pleasure of saying now," he went on.

"I could tell you how much I admire you, without seeming to pretend to that which I have no right to pretend to.

I should make violent love to you," he added, laughing, "if I thought you were so placed as not to be offended by it." "You mean if I were engaged to another man?
That is strange reasoning!" Gertrude exclaimed.
"In that case you would not take me seriously." "I take every one seriously," said Gertrude.