I'll start off soon for the uttermost ends of the earth, but I wish to stay a little longer and see her sweet face.

It's not much, is it?
It won't compromise her, will it?
She need not run any risk, need she?
And I'm a man of honor, am I not?
You don't suppose me to be capable of any baseness, do you ?" "My dear fellow, how absurd! Of course not.

Only I was afraid by giving way to this you might drift on into a worse state of mind.
She's all safe, I fancy, surrounded as she is by so many guardians.

It is you that I'm anxious about." "Don't be alarmed, old chap, about me.

I feel calmer already.