[doggedly]

Because I won't take up the matter of settlements with him or any one else.[pg 108]

ETHEL

[angrily]

Do you mean you cannot see what a humiliation your interference has brought upon you in this?

PIKE

No; I see that plain enough.

ETHEL

Have you, after this, any further objections to my alliance with Mr. St. Aubyn?

PIKE