"Then I will not hear them. It is for me to find out your faults, and when I have found out any that require complaint, I will come and make it. Dear Alice, I wish you knew how I long for you." Then he put his hand upon her hair, as though he would caress her.
But this she would not suffer, so she rose slowly, and stood with her hand upon the table in the middle of the room. "Mr. Grey--" she said.
"If you will call me so, I shall think it only a part of your malady."
"Mr. Grey," she continued, "I can only hope that you will take me at my word."
"Oh, but I will not; certainly I will not, if that would be adverse to my own interests."

"Then I will not hear them. It is for me to find out your faults, and when I have found any that require complaint, I will come and make it. Dear Alice, I wish you knew how I long for you." He put his hand upon her hair, as though he would caress her. But at this she rose, and stood in the middle of the room.
"Mr. Grey," she said, "I hope that you will take me at my word."
"Oh, but I will not, if that would be adverse to my own interests."
