I should be false to my duty to you if I did." "Then it's no use saying anything more about it." "Look here, Harry, if an engagement for two years is tedious to you--" "Of course it is tedious.

Is not waiting for anything always tedious?
There's nothing I hate so much as waiting." "But listen to me," said she, gravely.

"If it is too tedious, if it is more than you think you can bear without being unhappy, I will release you from your engagement." "Florence!" "Hear me to the end.

It will make no change in me and then if you like to come to me again at the end of the two years, you may be sure of the way in which I shall receive you." "And what good would that do ?" "Simply this good, that you would not be bound in a manner that makes you unhappy.

If you did not intend that when you asked me to be your wife--Oh, Harry, all I want is to make you happy.