'You take offence without cause. When you have learnt to draw! We're always learning to draw. No one has ever learnt to draw perfectly.'
'I have no other answer.'
'Mildred, this isn't fair.'
'If you're not satisfied I release you from your engagement. Yes, I release you from your engagement.'
'Mildred, you're cruel. You seem to take pleasure in torturing me. But this cannot be. I cannot live without you. What am I to do?'
'You must try.'
'No, I shall not try,' he answered sullenly.
'What will you do?'
'My plans are made. I shall not live.'
'Oh, Ralph, you will not kill yourself. It would not be worth while. You've your art to live for. You are—how old are you—thirty? You're no longer a sentimental boy. You've got your man's life to lead. You must think of it.'