"Give me my ring, Mr. Murray, and I will leave you."
"Shall I not enlighten you on the subject of emeralds?"
"Thank you, sir, I believe not, as what I have already heard does not tempt me to prosecute the subject."
"You think me insufferably presumptuous?"
"That is a word which I should scarcely be justified in applying to you."
"You regard me as meddlesome and tyrannical?"
She shook her head.
"I generally prefer to receive answers to my questions. Pray, what do you consider me?"
She hesitated a moment, and said sadly and gently:
"Mr. Murray, is it generous in you to question me thus in your own house?"