"Of course, if you insist." "I do," said Winston quietly.
"Then I promised you to have my holding sown this year, and I am still willing to do so, but though my uncle makes no protest, I know he feels my opposition very keenly, and it hurts me horribly.

Unspoken reproaches are the worst to bear, you know, and now Dane and some of the others are following your lead, it is painful to feel that I am taking part with them against the man who has always been kind to me." "And you would prefer to be loyal to Colonel Barrington, even if it costs you a good deal ?" "Of course!" said Maud Barrington.

"Can you ask me ?" Winston saw the sparkle in her eyes and the half-contemptuous pride in the poise of the shapely head.

Loyalty, it was evident, was not a figure of speech with her, but he felt that he had seen enough and turned his face aside.
"I knew it would be difficult when I asked," he said.

"Still, I cannot give you back that promise.