John
But this would destroy you!
Helen
Well, even if that were so, which is more important to the world? Which is more important to your "great humanitarian work"?
John
Ah, very clever! A bluff to gain my consent to marrying him—a trick to get his salary raised.
Helen
[with force]
John, nothing you can do, nothing you can say, will ever gain my consent to marrying him. I've not told you half my reasons.
John