She was looking straight back at him with her chin in the air.
"Dear me!" she said.

"Do you really?
And who gave you the right to dictate to me ?" "You yourself," he answered quietly.
"Indeed! May I ask when ?" He stiffened a little, but his face did not alter.
"When you promised to be my wife," he said.
Her eyes blazed instant defiance.
"An engagement can be broken off!" she declared recklessly.
"By mutual consent," said Caryl drily.
"That is absurd," she rejoined.

"You couldn't possibly hold me to it against my will." "I am quite capable of doing so," he told her coolly, "if I think it worth my while." "Worth your while!" she exclaimed, staring at him as if she doubted his sanity.
"Even so," he said.

"When I have fully satisfied myself that a heartless little flirt like you can be transformed into a virtuous and amiable wife.

It may prove a difficult process, I admit, and perhaps not altogether a pleasant one.