But I am here, and you are not going to marry him, unless you tell me with your own lips that you love the man." She stared into my eyes, as though doubting my sanity.
"Will you consent to say that ?" "I deny your right to even ask." "Yet I shall take silence as a negative, and act accordingly.

No, you will not hate me for it; you may imagine you do for the moment, but the time will come when your heart will thank me for interference, for saving you from a foolish sacrifice.

You do not love Le Gaire; you cannot look me in the eyes and say that you do." "You are impertinent, ungentlemanly.

I simply refuse to answer a question you have no right to ask." "I assume the right in accordance with a law as old as man." "What law ?" "The law of love," I returned earnestly, "the love of a man for the one woman." I could see her slight form sway as the full significance of these words came to her; her cheeks flamed, but there was no shadowing of her eyes.
"I am going in, Lieutenant Galesworth," she said finally, drawing back to the open window.

"You have forgotten yourself, forgotten the respect due me." "But I have not, Billie," and in my earnestness I neglected all caution, stepping forward into the full glare of light.