“Exactly.”
“You would like to finish where I would begin.”
“You may be happy some day, but you play for high stakes.”
“Well, well, it’s a case of win all or lose all.”
“That’s as may be. But without further argument it seems to me that we could safely enjoy our love, and pass many happy moments undisturbed by prejudice.”
“Possibly, but one gets burnt fingers at that game, and I shudder at the very thought of it. No, no; leave me alone, there is my sister who will wonder why I am in your arms.”
“Very good; I see I was mistaken, and Rosalie too.”
“Why what did she think about me?”
“She wrote and told me that she thought you would be kind.”
“I hope she mayn’t have to repent for having been too kind herself.”