If it was but a quarrel he was not merely appeased--he was pleased.

Had he had the ordering of the affair, he would certainly have included a lovers' quarrel in it, and had it not been that he wanted to give her the pleasure of finding these things out for herself, he would have taken her aside and addressed her thus: "No need to look tragic, Elspeth; for to a woman this must be really one of the most charming moments in the comedy.

You feel that he would not have quarrelled had he had any real caring for you, and yet in your heart you know it is a proof that he has.

To a woman, I who know assure you that nothing can be more delicious.

Your feeling for him, as you and I well know, is but a sentiment of attraction because he loves you as you are unable to love him, and as you are so pained by this quarrel, consider how much more painful it must be to him.