You won't try to find out the things I keep back." "Oh, never!" she said.

"Never! I shall never try to pry into affairs of State." He smiled rather cynically.

"That is a very wise resolution," he said.
"I shall tell Bernard that I have married the most discreet woman in the Empire--as well as the most beautiful." "Did you marry her for her beauty or for her discretion ?" asked Stella.
"Neither," he said.
"Are you sure ?" She leaned her cheek against his shoulder.

"It's no good pretending with me you know, I can see through anything, detect any disguise, so far as you are concerned." "Think so ?" said Monck.
"Answer my question!" she said.
"I didn't know you asked one." His voice was brusque; he pushed his pipe into his mouth without looking at her.
She reached up and daringly removed it.

"I asked what you married me for," she said.