After she's my wife I'll be very kind to her, poor thing, and teach her to love me.

A man can do anything with a woman if he sets about it the right way.

I'm not taking this stand because I'm cruel, Cerise, but because I'm desperate.

All's fair in love and war, you know, and this is a bit of both." He was pacing the floor by this time, his hands thrust deep in his pockets, an anxious look upon his face that belied his bombastic words.
The Frenchwoman's expression was impassive.

Her scorn for the wretch before her was tempered with the knowledge that his cowardly plan was doomed to defeat.