I tell you that Scotch entanglement of yours is pure cardboard farce--it won't stand examination.

It's appalling to think that out of an extravagant, hypersensitive conception of honour, egged on by that poor girl, you could be capable of turning it into the reality of your life." "I've taken all these points of view, sir, and I can't throw the woman over.

The objection to it isn't in reason--it's somehow in the past and the blood.

It would mean the sacrifice of all that I hold most valuable in myself.

I should expect myself after that to stick at nothing--why should I ?" "There is one point of view that perhaps you have not taken," said Dr Drummond, in his gravest manner.