I am utterly frivolous--quite selfish and mercenary." "I take my chance!" "No, I give you none! Why do you interfere! A--a girl's policy costs her something if it be worth anything; whatever it costs it is worth it to me.

...

And I do not love you.

In so short a time how could I ?" Then in his arms she fell a-trembling.

Something blinded her eyes, and she turned her head sharply, only to encounter his lips on hers in a deep, clinging embrace that left her dazed, still resisting with the fragments of breath and voice.
"Not again--I beg--you.