There is no other man on earth.

Were he a beggar, I would tramp the highroad by his side and go hungered with him.

He is my lord, and I his mate--his mate!" "That you will not be," he answered, made devilish by her words.

"He is a high and noble gentleman, and wants no man's cast-off plaything for his wife." Her breast leaped up and down in her panting as she pressed her hand upon it; her breath came in sharp puffs through her nostrils.
"And once," she breathed--"and once--I _loved_ thee--cur!" He was mad with exultant villainy and passion, and he broke into a laugh.
"Loved me!" he said.

"Thou! As thou lovedst me--and as thou lovest him--so will Moll Easy love any man--for a crown." Her whip lay upon the table, she caught and whirled it in the air.