'Had you rather I didn't come ?' 'No, no! I can't live without you--' 'But, if that is true, why haven't you the courage to let every one know it?
In your heart you must think that we are acting wrongly.' 'I don't! I believe, as you do, that love is the only true marriage.
Very well!' He made a desperate gesture.

'Let us defy all consequences.
For your sake--' His exaggerated vehemence could not deceive Monica.
'What is it,' she asked, 'that you most fear ?' He began to babble protestations, but she would not listen to them.
'Tell me--I have every right to ask--what you most fear ?' 'I fear nothing if _you_ are with me.

Let my relatives say and think what they like.

I have made great sacrifices for them; to give up _you_ would be too much.' Yet his distress was evident.

It strained the corners of his mouth, wrinkled his forehead.
'The disgrace would be more than you could bear.