"Nor I; but I mean to have."
"Mean to marry Miss Cavanagh?"
"Of course, if I can induce her to marry me."
"I do not mean to marry Emma."
"You do not? Because she has a secret? because she is involved in a mystery?"
"Partly; that would be enough, Frank; but I have another good reason. Miss Emma Cavanagh does not care for me."
"You know that? You have asked her?"
"A year ago; this is no sudden passion with me; I have loved her all my life."
"Edgar! And you mean to give her up?"
"Give her up?"