I did not say that it was." "Do not be afraid of it.

It is only being alone with a man whom you have bewitched.

You would be mistress of the situation if you only knew how to manage a lover.

It is far easier than managing a horse, or skating, or playing the piano, or half a dozen other feats of which you think nothing." Agatha colored and raised her head.
"Forgive me," he said, interrupting the action.

"I am trying to offend you in order to save myself from falling in love with you, and I have not the heart to let myself succeed.