"To let you go your own way. Did I tempt you to evil before ever you heard of me?"
"Can I tell? perhaps to prepare me for bondage."
"At school, at home, abroad, in all relations? Self-lover! My object at least is better than yours."
"I am no self-lover; rather self-hater, self-despiser."
"It is the same thing. Self before all. I offer you something better, the good of your race."
"I have no race. I refuse!"
"You shall not refuse. You are mine, you must obey me."
"Never! I am no slave. I am my own master."
"The slave of every petty vice; the master of no impulse. Yield! I can crush you if I please."
"Never! I am—Oona's then, who will stand by me."