“You rush from one extreme to the other without any attempt at reason.”
“And—and you?”
“For Mariana’s sake I wish to advise you to be careful.”
“Not for my own?”
“No. I know nothing about you, and you seem pretty capable of looking after yourself.”
Rosalie looked at him, not knowing whether her dislike was growing or lessening.
“Do you know you’re taking a great liberty?” she said, her colour rising despite her efforts to keep cool.
“Yes. And under the circumstances it is pardonable.”
“What circumstances?”
“You are doing your best to destroy the happiness and peace of a working woman.”