And I thought you must be like the others, being a man, except that you are the only one to whom I was at all inclined--perhaps because you were from the beginning gentler and more honest with me....

What a way to win a woman's heart! To seek her happiness first of all!...

Could you give me to another--if my happiness required it ?" "What else could I do, Lois ?" "Would you do that!" she demanded hotly.
"Have I any choice ?" "Not if your strange creed be sincere.

Is it sincere ?" "There is no other creed for those who really love." "You are wrong," she said angrily, looking at me with tightened lips.
"How wrong ?" "Because--I would not give you to another woman, though you cried out for her till the heavens fell!" I began to laugh, but her eyes still harboured lightning.
"You should not go to her, whether or not you loved her!" she repeated.
"I would not have it.

I would not endure it!" "Yet--if I loved another----" "No! That is treason! Your happiness should be in me.