His misery was augmented by his perception of how completely Elisabeth misunderstood him, and of how little of the truth all those years of silent devotion had conveyed to her mind; and his face was white with pain as he answered-- "There is no need for you to say such things as that to me, Elisabeth; you know as well as I do that I would give my life to save you from sorrow and to ensure your happiness; but I can not be guilty of a shabby trick even for this.

Can't you see that the very fact that I care for you so much, makes it all the more impossible for me to do anything shady in your name ?" "Bosh!" rudely exclaimed Elisabeth.
"As for the work-people," he went on, ignoring her interruption, "of course no one will ever do as much for them as you are doing.

But that isn't the question.

The fact that one man would make a better use of money than another wouldn't justify me in robbing Peter to increase Paul's munificence.

Now would it ?" "That's perfectly different.