She wasn't going to send him back to weep again he supposed! As soon as she said "yes," he would no longer bother her, and she could go quietly to bed.

He only wanted to hear her say "yes." They could talk it over on the morrow.
"But I certainly can't say 'yes' just like that," resumed Gervaise.

"I don't want you to be able to accuse me later on of having incited you to do a foolish thing.

You shouldn't be so insistent, Monsieur Coupeau.

You can't really be sure that you're in love with me.