"You have determined that my name shall go no further."
"That is unmanly, Lord Hampstead. Because a poor weak girl such as I am cannot do all that you wish, are you to throw away your strength and your youth, and all the high hopes which ought to be before you? Would you say that it were well in another if you heard that he had thrown up everything, surrendered all his duties, because of his love for some girl infinitely beneath him in the world's esteem?"
"There is no question of above and beneath. I will not have it. As to that, at any rate we are on a par."
"A man and a girl can never be on a par. You have a great career, and you declare that it shall go for nothing because I cannot be your wife."
"Can I help myself if I am broken-hearted? You can help me."
"No, Lord Hampstead; it is there that you are wrong. It is there that you must allow me to say that I have the clearer knowledge. With an effort on your part the thing may be done."
"What effort? What effort? Can I teach myself to forget that I have ever seen you?"
"No, indeed; you cannot forget. But you may resolve that, remembering me, you should remember me only for what I am worth. You should not buy your memories at too high a price."
"What is it that you would have me do?"
"I would have you seek another wife."