"You do not answer me," he said, irritated at her silence.
"Until you can speak to me as a gentleman," she replied, "I shall remain silent."
"That is an easy way of ending an argument."
"There is an easier."
"Is there, indeed?"
"And more efficient—do not force me to it."
"Pray what is it?"
"To leave the room."
She rose and walked to the door. He seized her wrist.
"Let me go, sir; you hurt me..... This violence is manly—but it is like you..... Let me go..... Will you force me to ring the bell, and have you ordered out of the house?"