"You had better not tempt me!" he said.
"Or I may do that--and more also!" She put her hands up to shield her face from his look, but he caught them suddenly and savagely into his own, overbearing her resistance with indomitable mastery.
"Promise me!" he said.

"Promise me!" His lips were horribly near her own.

She strained away from him tensely, with all her strength.

"I will not!" she panted.

"I will not!" "You shall!" he declared furiously.