"I am not sentimental," she said coldly. "I know what I want and I am not afraid to own it. I want to be a Peeress."
"In that respect I am unable to help you," he replied. "And in case I have not made myself sufficiently clear upon the subject, let me tell you that I deeply resent the plot by which you endeavoured to foist such an indignity upon me."
"This is your last word?" she demanded.
"Absolutely!"
"Then I demand that you set me free."
He was a little staggered.
"How on earth can I do that?"
"You can allow me to divorce you."
"And spoil any chance I might have of reentering political life," he remarked quietly.
"I have no further interest in your political life," she retorted.