And I won't have it." "Minnie darling, I wish you would tell me something.

I'm not scolding.
I merely wish to know what you mean.

Do you really mean that the Count has proposed to you ?" "Of course that's what I mean." "What puzzles me is, how he could have got the chance.

It's more than a week since he saved you, and we all felt deeply grateful to him.

But saving a girl's life doesn't give a man any claim over her; and we don't altogether like him; and so we all have tried, in a quiet way, without hurting his feelings, you know, to prevent him from having any acquaintance with you." "Oh, I know, I know," said Minnie, briskly.