"Alone, with him, in the evening! A man well-known to be a bad lot."
"I know."
"What do you see in him?"
"I'm fond of him."
"You only want to marry him for his title. For the sake of his title you're compromising yourself. What if he doesn't respect you this evening as his future wife? What if he compels you to be his mistress?"
"Cornélie! Don't!"
"You're a child, a thoughtless child. And your father lets you travel by yourself ... to see 'dear old Italy!' You're an American and broad-minded: that's all right; to travel through the world pluckily on your own is all right; but you're not a woman, you're a baby!"
"Cornélie...."
"Come away with me; say that you're going with me ... for an urgent reason. Or no ... better say nothing. Stay. But I'll stay too."
"Yes, you stay too."