"I can--what?"
"Kill me."
"Knowing me, as you pretended to know me, you're not afraid?"
"I shall never be afraid of you."
"You seem to flatter me all at once."
"I don't care what you do to me. I'd rather you killed me than not marry me--much."
"You wouldn't be so easy to explain. You'd want a lot of explaining if they found you dead."
When he stopped she was still looking at him with eyes which never flinched. He went on:
"You wouldn't be difficult to manage."
"I shouldn't resist. If you broke my head to pieces with the poker I wouldn't make a sound."