Spare me _that_--and there is nothing I will not do to satisfy you.

I mean what I say, mind!" he went on, bending closer to me, and speaking more seriously than he had spoken yet "I think you are very hardly used.

It is monstrous to expect that a woman, placed in your situation, will consent to be left for the rest of her life in the dark.

No! no! if I saw you, at this moment, on the point of finding out for yourself what Eustace persists in hiding from you, I should remember that my promise, like all other promises, has its limits and reserves.

I should consider myself bound in honor not to help you--but I would not lift a finger to prevent you from discovering the truth for yourself." At last he was speaking in good earnest: he laid a strong emphasis on his closing words.