The more he studied the aspects of the situation the more whimsical it grew.

He was the prime cause of a king losing his throne, of a man losing his honor, of a princess becoming an outcast.
"Your bride-elect," he said, "seems somewhat over-hasty.

Well, I'm off to bed." "Maurice, can you blame me ?" "No, John; whom the gods destroy they first make mad.

You will come to your senses when it is too late." "For God's sake, Maurice, who is she ?" "What will you do if she breaks her promise ?" adroitly evading the question.
"What shall I do ?" He emptied the ashes from his pipe, and rose; all that was aggressive came into his face.

"I will bind her hands and feet and carry her to the altar, and shoot the priest that refuses to marry us.