"There is no woman on this earth who has any claim on me--except Stella.

Why should I read it?
I tell you it's nothing but damned fabrication--a tissue of abominable falsehood!" "You mean to deny that you have ever been through any form of marriage before ?" said Monck slowly.
"Of course I do!" Dacre uttered another angry laugh.

"You must be a positive fool to imagine such a thing.

It's preposterous, unheard of! Of course I have never been married before.

What are you thinking of ?" Monck remained unmoved.