and looked at him with sudden animation and spirit.
“No!” she said firmly. “The most wretched of her sex, if she must give herself in marriage when she cannot give her love.”
“May she not give it in the future,” he asked, “if the one object of her husband’s life is to deserve it?”
“Never!” she answered. “If you still persist in maintaining our engagement, I may be your true and faithful wife, Sir Percival— your loving wife, if I know my own heart, never!”
and looked at him with sudden animation and spirit.
“No!” she said firmly. “The most wretched of her sex, if she must give herself in marriage when she cannot give her love.”
“May she not give it in the future,” he asked, “if the one object of her husband’s life is to deserve it?”
“Never!” she answered. “If you still persist in maintaining our engagement, I may be your true and faithful wife, Sir Percival— your loving wife, if I know my own heart, never!”
