"Have I not just told you so?
But you would find yourself miserable in the--lop-sided kind of marriage which you are contemplating.

It is unwise to try to make bricks without straw." "Then if your mind was so absolutely made up beforehand to refuse me, why was I sent for ?" he stammered, white with anger.

He struck the table with his hand.

"What was the use of urging me to come back, if I was to meet with a frigid, elegantly expressed, deliberately planned rebuff directly I set foot in the house!" "Why were you _sent for_ ?" she said aghast.

"Surely you came of your own accord.