"But not monogamous."
"Sassoon only wants to be stung out of a lethargy. Women—I need them to help me. I have the right! That's why I want you!"
"I'm not the kind you want," she said, drawing back, for his precipitation gave her the feeling of being crowded into a corner.
"You would if I could make you love me!"
"Indeed! Are you considering—matrimony?"
"Never!" he said angrily. "Marriage is a reciprocal tyranny. I don't want to own a woman, or have her own me! What, you can have a career, and you want to marry?"
She defended herself, laughing, assuring him that was not the case.
"You have your career; I have mine. I'll educate you! Ten thousand men will give you money—I'll give you brains! My little girl, I wonder if you know what opportunity is dangling on your little finger-tips. Break your engagement!"
"I can't!"
"Interested?"