Perhaps it has been done, and will be done again, where there is an inclination to marry.

It has been done in books, and in certain sections of the world where narrow-minded people are the manufacturers of public sentiment.

The mere fact that I happened to save your life does not obligate me to marry you, Miss Wharton.

And I do not feel like playing the martyr." For an instant it seemed that Della would become hysterical.

But when she looked into Lawler's eyes and realized that mere acting would not deceive him, she sneered.
"I might have known _you_ wouldn't be man enough to protect me!" Lawler smiled, but did not answer.