'He did? It is true.'
'But I want you to throw him up. Let him go free. Say that there is no bond between you. Think how you will smell, if you do! White Heliotrope on Thursday, then Lavender on Friday, and Mignonette on Saturday.'
'Did Mark say how we were tied—bound?'
'No; he only told me there was such a tie.'
'And Mark—did he set you to ask this?'
'No, not exactly. It is my idea. Now do. You shall have all the perfumes. Consider how on Sunday you will make the Baptist Chapel smell of Jockey Club!'
'Give up Mark? Break the bond? I can't. I could not, even if I would.'