"I am as sure as that there is the moon above us; and now I dare to tell you so; no man ever loved a woman better than I love you. I know I am unworthy; I know how, in all essentials, you are infinitely above me----"
"I'm not--I'm not!"
"But it shall be my constant endeavour to raise myself to your level----"
"Don't!--you don't know what you're saying! Don't!"
"I do know what I'm saying, and I mean it; if God gives me strength I hope, before I've finished, to prove myself worthy of the wife I've won. You hear? Then make a note of it."
Then there were divers passages.
"Herbert, I want you to go to Mr. Dawson tomorrow, and arrange about that partnership. I'll find the fifteen hundred pounds."
"Sweetheart, you've turned all my sorrow into joy."
"And--this, sir, is supposed to be spoken in the faintest whisper--I--I think I'd like to be married pretty soon."
"As soon as it is legally possible, madam, you shall be married, if you choose to say the word."