"She mustn't see that she has any power over you. She cares for you more than she lets herself think."
"I wish to goodness I could believe that."
"There's no use in your believing it. The thing is, to make her believe it—make her find it out, with a shock. And there's only one way of doing that."
"What?"
"Rouse her to jealousy."
I laughed bitterly. "Tell me to get her the moon."
"Flirt with Miss Rivers."
"My dear madam, you've proved to me that I'm a fool; but I'm neither cad nor hypocrite."
"Dear me, if that's the way you're going to take it, you're lost. Our dear Ronny will snatch her from under your nose, although she isn't a bit in love with him, and is with you, if you'd consent to shake her up a little."
"Starr is in love with them both."