Volume IV Part 21 (1/2)
”I a to talk to you”
She proceeded to do ave no answer tointo bed she wished ht, and I tried to kiss her by way of return She repulsedto leave the roorave politeness
”I beg you will stay; I want to speak to you; come and sit by me
Why should you refuse me a pleasure which after all is aas they are, we could not remain friends, neither could we be lovers”
”Lovers! why not, we are perfectly free”
”I am not free; I am bound by certain prejudices which do not trouble you”
”I should have thought you were superior to prejudices”
”There are soht to respect The superiority you ; always the dupe of itself
What would become of me, I should like to know, if I abandonedfor you to say that, dear Veronique What you feel for me is not love If it were so, you would feel as I do, and you would soon break the bonds of prejudice”
”I confess that my head is not quite turned yet, but still I feel that I shall grieve at your departure”
”If so, that is no fault of; we do not know one another well enough”
”I understand you, but I would have you know that I do not intend to marry any woman who is not my friend”
”You mean you will not marry her till you have ceased to be her lover?”
”Exactly”
”You would like to finish where I would begin”
”You h stakes”
”Well, well, it's a case of win all or lose all”
”That's as ument it seems to me that we could safely enjoy our love, and pass many happy ets burnt fingers at that gaht of it No, no; leave me alone, there is my sister onder why I aood; I see I was mistaken, and Rosalie too”
”Why what did she think about ht you would be kind”
”I hope she'been too kind herself”