I don't suppose
a man was ever so used before; and it's all Lord Chiltern;--just
because I told him that he had no right to interfere with me. And he
has no right."
"You and Oswald were away together when she told me that she had made
up her mind. Oswald has hardly spoken to her since you have been in
the house. He certainly has not spoken to her about you since you
came to us."
"What is the meaning of it, then?"
"You told her that your engagement had overwhelmed you with
troubles."
"Of course; there must be troubles."
"And that--you would have to be banished to Boulogne when you were
married."
"I didn't mean her to take that literally."
"It wasn't a nice way, Mr. Maule, to speak of your future life to the
girl to whom you were engaged. Of course it was her hope to make your
life happier, not less happy. And when you made her understand--as
you did very plainly--that your married prospects filled you with
dismay, of course she had no other alternative but to retreat from
her engagement."
"I wasn't dismayed.
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