"Of course not. You know better."
"There is no 'of course not' about it. I couldn't and wouldn't lay a straw in the way. You are not bound, but I."
"You bound?"
"Certainly. You remember what I said."
"Then I must accept the first man that asks me—"
"I ask you."
"No; some one else, so as to unloose your conscience and give you a happy deliverance."
"You would leave me still bound and hopeless in that case. I love you now, Carrie Mitchell."
"Oh, dear! you are incorrigible. It's just a lawyer's persistence in winning a suit."
"You can still swear on the dictionary that you don't love me at all?"