“I did not turn my head.”

“Nevertheless, I knew.”

“Can you read my soul?” she exclaimed in a momentary panic. “Do not read too much.”

“That is all I live for.”

“You—who have so much else! Would you give up one of your ambitions for me?”

“I would give up the whole game, every ambition, every penny.”

“Your country?”

“Yes, my country.”

“You were very cool about it yesterday.”

“Yesterday is not to-night.”