And somehow, I've got to thinking--a little--of your side of things." "The law does not prevent me from doing as I like," she replied.
It was agony that showed on his face at this.
"That demands as much from me, if I play fair with you," he said slowly.

"Suppose there was some sort of law that held me back ?" "I have not observed any vast restraint in you!" "Not at first.

Haven't you gained any better opinion ?" She was one of those able to meet a question with silence.

He was obliged to continue.
"Suppose I should tell you that, all the time I was talking to you about what I felt, there was a wall, a great wall, for ever between us ?" "In that case, I should regret God had made a man so forgetful of honor.

I should be glad Heaven had left me untouched by anything such a man could say.