Do not use such a word as "stolen" in speaking to me.' 'Truly, madam,' he said, 'you could almost persuade me that you are in the right, and that I insult you.' She looked at him stolidly, although evidently not without some inward apprehension.

It was a piteous sight--the poor distorted reasoning faculty grovelling as a slave to the selfish will.
'I cannot give you back the amethyst,' she said, 'for I have given it away; but if you will promise me never again to regard it as having any value as an amulet or talisman, I will give you the necklace, and I will pay you something to have another stone put in.' The curate looked up.

'Get him the necklace and Violetta's ring,' he said, 'and we will go.' A man had arisen within the curate who was stronger than his self-control.

They might have argued with her for ever: he frightened her into compliance.

He took her by the arm and turned her to the door.
'There is not a man, woman or child in this town,' he said, 'who shall not hear of this affair if you delay another moment to get him the chain and the ring.