Don't answer me now, if you don't wish it.

Think about it, think about it as slowly as you please.

Of course I haven't said, I can't say, half I mean, especially about my admiration for you.

But take a favorable view of me; it will only be just." During this speech, the longest that Newman had ever made, Madame de Cintre kept her gaze fixed upon him, and it expanded at the last into a sort of fascinated stare.

When he ceased speaking she lowered her eyes and sat for some moments looking down and straight before her.