You must see how great would be the advantage to us all of our union being at once completed You should not now allow a phantasy of misplaced generosity to stand in the way of an arrangement which is so desirable." "Nay, Henri, now you are neither fair nor courteous.

You are presuming a little on the affection which I have owned in arguing that I am prevented only by what you call generosity from so immediate a marriage; that is as much as to say, that if I consulted my own wishes only, I should marry you at once." "It is you that are now unfair," said Agatha.

"You know that he did not mean to draw such a conclusion.

You almost tempt me to say that he might do so, without being far wrong.

You are flirting now, Marie." "Heaven help me then; but if so, I have committed that sin most unconsciously, and, I believe, for the first time in my life.