But now I am no longer the same person.

I am so changed that I do not recognise myself.

Yes, I realise now that it is this quiet corner where I have been brought up, and the education that has been given me, that has made me what I am at present.

Do you then yourself hear nothing?
Do you not know that everything in this chamber calls upon me to stay?
And I do not rebel in the least against this demand, for my joy at last is to obey." Without speaking, without attempting to discuss the question with her, he tried to take her hands again, and to lead her like an intractable child.

Again she avoided him and turned slowly toward the window.
"No, I beseech you to leave me.