"I'm going to make you care."
"Make me? You? Have you ever been able to make me do one single thing?"
"This is where I begin. Sit down."
"I won't sit down." He put her into a chair and stood over her. He was in no mood for conventionality.
"Dear me, how strong we are!" she said, like a rude little girl.
"Impertinence is wasted on me to-night. So try something else. We're back again at the beginning of this game of yours, but to-night we start afresh."
"So far as I'm concerned the game's over."
"Yes, but what you fail to realize is that you're not the only one concerned. There's your family and there's me."
"I'm not going over all the old arguments again, I assure you. I tell you the thing is over. You may be able to prevent me from telling the truth to-night, but there's to-morrow and the day after. I'm in no immediate hurry."
"I am though, and I'm going to keep you here until you give in to me."