"You will soon get used to the idea," he said.

"You see, Wyndham doesn't really want you, and I do.
That is the one extenuating circumstance of my villainy.

I want you so badly that I don't much care what steps I take to get you.

And so long as you continue to hate me as heartily as you do now, just by so much shall I continue to want you.

Is that quite plain ?" She was still staring at him in open repulsion.