Violet—I did.
Dan—O, my love, let me reward thee with these grateful lips. (Kisses her twenty times in rapid succession.)
Violet—O, dearest, I fear you will smother me with gratitude. Do not strangle me with such emblems of affection.
Dan—I love thee too fervently, my charming Violet.
Violet—I’m sorry you have a family.
Dan—And so am I, my fair one. But neither kin nor stranger shall blight our sweet relations. Thou art all to me. Without thee, I am most desolate.
Violet—I fear Simeon Draper will mar our happy destiny.
Dan—Why?
Violet—Because he loves me.
Dan—His love is of a lustful nature, while mine is from the purest rivulets of the heart.