It is very plain that there is some relation more than friendship between you and Miss Sarti.

Since you cannot explain that relation, there is no more to be said between us.' 'Confound it, Beatrice! you'll drive me mad.

Can a fellow help a girl's falling in love with him?
Such things are always happening, but men don't talk of them.

These fancies will spring up without the slightest foundation, especially when a woman sees few people; they die out again when there is no encouragement.

If you could like me, you ought not to be surprised that other people can; you ought to think the better of them for it.' 'You mean to say, then, that Miss Sarti is in love with you, without your ever having made love to her.' 'Do not press me to say such things, dearest.