human
You have my promise, Mr. Alison, it is true, and I am ready to fulfil it, if, after what has come to your knowledge, you dare demand such a thing.
gpt
And why should I not dare to demand a hand which was freely promised me, and would just as freely have been mine, if it had not been for that--_episode_, which is of very little import in my eyes? Miss Forest is too precious a treasure to be sacrificed for a mere romantic infatuation. I, at least, have no mind to make any such sacrifice.
human
You forget one thing! --Jane's voice involuntarily betrayed the fearful excitement that had taken possession of her whole being.--
gpt
Hitherto, you have had the power to torture me, but from the moment of our marriage, that power will fall to me. A woman can become a curse to her husband, if he has taught her to hate where she ought to love.--Force me to this marriage, and I become such a curse to you!