But Betty, I am not to be refused, and you may as well understand now and for all that you are to be my wife.

But tell me, Betty, what is your reason for denying me at this time ?" She dried her eyes, sat erect, and answered in a voice full of tears: "Well, you are so far above me that the time might come when you would be ashamed of me." "Nothing of the sort, Betty.

Drop that argument at once.

You know you do not mean it.

You are not speaking the exact truth.