Instead, little by little, I have been driven away, hurt by your coarseness, your lack of chivalry, until now, when it comes to the supreme test, I find my soul in revolt.

Am I altogether to blame ?" I do not think he comprehended, grasped the truth she sought to convey, for he broke forth angrily: "Very pretty, indeed! And do you think I will ever stand for it?
Why, I should be the laughing stock of the army, a butt for every brainless joker in the camp.

I am not such a fool, my girl." He stepped forward, grasping her hands, and holding them in spite of her slight effort to break away.

"I am a frank-spoken man, yes, but I have never failed to treat you with respect." "You may call it that, but you have repeatedly sworn in my presence, have ordered me harshly about, have even arranged this affair without first consulting me.

If this be your manner before marriage, what brand of brutality could I expect after ?" "Poof! I may be quick-tempered; perhaps we are neither of us angels, but you choose a poor time for a quarrel.