human
Oh, forgive me, I entreat you. I did not mean to play with your love, but I was mistaken in my feelings. I realized I did not love you well enough to marry you, so it was better to break the engagement.
gpt
You lie, false-hearted girl! You loved me well, and you love me still. Love can not be so quickly unlearned. It is ambition that tempted you from me--that love of gold that always cursed your weak nature!
human
What then? You can not help yourself! A girl may take back her promise if she will, and there is no law to make her marry when she does not choose!
gpt
And with the poor excuse that there is no law against it, you break a human heart and wreck a human life as ruthlessly as you would trample a flower springing in your path. Are you not afraid?
human
Afraid--of what?
gpt
Of--me! he answered, with a mocking laugh that made her very blood run cold, as he continued:
human
I am tempted to kill you for your falsity, but not yet!--that is, I will wait till I see how things turn out. Perhaps, mockingly,
gpt
No; he is engaged to my cousin.
human
Are you speaking the truth?
gpt
Yes,
human
I hope that you are, and it will be well for you if you are, for, mind you, Ela Craye, there is, as you say, no law to punish you for what you have done to me, yet I mean to take justice into my own hands. You may never be mine, but I swear no other man shall ever possess you. Remember this that I tell you now: In the hour that you wed another, there will be murder done! Either your life or my rival's shall pay the forfeit for what you have done!
gpt
How dare you threaten me? Let me go! I--I--
human
One more kiss--for old time's sake! Do you remember how sweet our love used to be, Ela? You shall never forget it! I seal the memory of it on your brow with these last kisses fiery with my heart's passion! Nay, you dare not scream! The crowd would come rushing here, and you would not like to have them find you here in my arms!