"You can't have both," he declared with as much sternness as was possible to him, and with a Norman wilfulness which was not strength.

"You shall not marry an actor and a Protestant.

You shall not marry a man like that--never--never--never.

If you do, you will never have a penny of mine, and I will never--" "Oh, hush--Mother of Heaven, hush!" she cried.

"You shall not put a curse on me too." "What curse ?" he burst forth, passion shaking him.