"You are mistaken.
Listen to me, Wilfrid.

You are beginning to know much; you have suffered much.

Let me explain your thoughts to you.

You wished to take my hand just now"; she rose to a sitting posture, and her graceful motions seemed to emit light.

"When a young girl allows her hand to be taken it is as though she made a promise, is it not?
and ought she not to fulfil it?
You well know that I cannot be yours.