But I shall prevail, and you shall come to love me in very spite of your own self." She threw back her head, away from his as far as the bonds he had cast about her would allow.

"Air! Air!" she panted feebly.
"Oh, you shall have air enough anon," he answered with a half-strangled laugh, his passion mounting ever.

"Hark you, now--hark you, for Richard's sake, since you'll not listen for my own nor yours.

There is another course by which I can save both Richard's life and honour.
You know it, and you counted upon my generosity to suggest it.

But you overlooked the thing on which you should have counted.