"No, not with all my heart and soul--but, oh--!" He flung her hands from him.

"No, not with all your heart and soul--I know! You are willing to sacrifice me for him, and you think I do not understand." She drew herself up, with burning cheeks and flashing eyes.

"You understand nothing--nothing.

If you had ever understood me, or any human being, or any human heart, you would not have ruined all that might have given you an undying love, something that would have followed you through fire and flood to the grave.

You cannot love.