Abruptly he caught her to him.
"Come, I say," he said, half-laughing, half in savage earnest, "I can't have you crying on what's almost our wedding trip!" He certainly did not expect the absolutely furious resistance with which she met his action.

She thrust him from her with the strength of frenzy.
"How dare you ?" she cried passionately.

"How dare you touch me, you--you hateful cad ?" For the moment, such was his astonishment, he suffered her to escape from his hold.

Then, called into activity by her unreasoning fury, the devil in him leapt suddenly up and took possession.

With a snarling laugh he gripped her by the arms, holding her by brutal force.
"You little wild cat!" he said in a voice that shook between anger and amusement.