She proceeded to do so, gently, but firmly.
Lo and behold! what does he do, but meets her with just as many reasons, and just as calm ones: and urges them gently, but firmly.
Heaven had been very kind to them: why should they be unkind to themselves?
They had had a great escape: why not accept the happiness, as, being persons of honor, they had accepted the misery?
with many other arguments, differing in other things, but agreeing in this, that they were all sober, grave, and full of common-sense.
Finding him not defenceless on the score of reason, she shifted her ground and appealed to his delicacy.

On this he appealed to her love, and then calm reason was jostled off the field, and passion and sentiment battled in her place.
In these contests day by day renewed, Camille had many advantages.
Rose, though she did not like him, had now declared on his side.

She refused to show him the least attention.

This threw him on Josephine: and when Josephine begged her to help reduce Camille to reason, her answer would be,-- "Hypocrite!" with a kiss: or else she would say, with a half comic petulance, "No! no! I am on his side.

Give him his own way, or he will make us all four miserable." Thus Josephine's ally went over to the enemy.
And then this coy young lady's very power of resistance began to give way.