"Then introduce us."
"She won't speak to me."
"What have you quarreled about?"
"Nothing."
"Very mysterious. Clare, listen! If you don't tell me the whole secret, I will fall in love with her for spite, and make a terrible fool of myself."
"An easy task."
"Shoot it off, Clare: I know you are dying to tell me."
"I would rather you heard it from some one else: I would indeed. Still, if you insist—"
"I command, I entreat."
"Incorrigible! For your own good I—"