"I don't think so."
He made an impatient gesture as if any such action were unthinkable.
"Come now, dearie, get all such foolish thoughts out of your head. The idea is absurd, ridiculous."
"Why?" she demanded.
"Among other reasons is the fact that I wouldn't let you."
"How can you prevent me? You can't keep me a prisoner here and you can't force me to take your money unless I wish to take it. You see?"
"The idea is preposterous, I tell you. You couldn't voluntarily go back and live as you did before. It isn't in human nature."
"I can try."
"And if you do, you'll fail. And I'll tell you why! When we met you were earning ten or twelve dollars a week."
"Ten," she corrected.