"Well, why did you then?"
"I couldn't resist her."
"Miss X, you mean?"
"Yes, sir."
"And so you continued to run after her until you had made her care for you?"
"No, sir, that wasn't the way at all."
"Well then, what was the way?"
"I just met her here and there and got crazy about her."
"I see. But still you didn't go and tell Miss Alden that you couldn't care for her any longer?"
"No, sir. Not then."