No, no; be quiet and go away.

You have plenty of useful things to occupy your time." At last I accepted my dismissal and walked off, my happiness considerably damped by the awkward predicament in which we stood.
Clearly McGregor meant business; and at this moment McGregor was all-powerful.

If he kept the reins, I should lose my love.

If the President came back, a worse fate still threatened.

Supposing it were possible to carry off the signorina, which I doubted very much, where were we to go to! And would she come?
On the whole, I did not think she would come..