Don't you realize how much better it would be for your own sake not to press me any further ?" "No!" he said; just the one word, spoken doggedly, almost harshly.

His hands were clenched and rigid at his sides.
Almost instinctively she began to plead with him as one who pleads for freedom.

"Ah, but listen a moment! You have your life to live.

Your career means very much to you.

Marriage means hindrance to a man like you.