“You are in love with her?”
“Alas, yes! and I say, again, to my misery.”
“To your misery? But why, do not you gain her love?”
“That is the very thing I have been striving for since last year, and I was beginning to have some hope when your arrival has reduced me to despair.”
“I have reduced you to despair?”
“Yes, sir.”
“I am very sorry, but I cannot help it.”
“You could easily help it; and, if you would allow me, I could suggest to you the way in which you could greatly oblige me.”
“Speak candidly.”
“You might never put your foot in the house again.”