“'If you marry, I will kill myself! Do you hear?'
“He shrugged his shoulders and replied:
“'Well, then kill yourself!'
“She stammered out, almost choking with her violent emotion:
“'What do you say? What do you say? What do you say? Say it again!'
“He repeated:
“'Well, then kill yourself if you like!'
“With her face almost livid, she replied:
“'Do not dare me! I will throw myself from the window!'
“He began to laugh, walked toward the window, opened it, and bowing with the gesture of one who desires to let some one else precede him, he said: