"And he thought that those could move me."
"I have not known that he has wanted to move you. You asked me to guess, and I have guessed right, it seems."
"Yes; you have guessed right."
"And why did he come?"
"Only to ask me to be his wife."
"And what did you say to him, Dolly?"
"What did I say to the Devil?" She still held him by the hand, and now she laughed lightly as she looked into his face. "Cannot you guess what I said to him?"
"I am sorry for it;—that's all."
"Sorry for it? Oh, papa, do not say that you are sorry. Do you want to lose me?"
"I do not want to think that for my own selfish purposes I have retained you. So he has asked you?"