"Margaret, don't despise me; I have a heart, notwithstanding all this good-for-nothing way of talking. As a proof of it, I believe I love you more than ever--if I do not hate you--for the disdain with which you have listened to me during this last half-hour. Good-bye, Margaret--Margaret!"
'Margaret, don't despise me; I have a heart, despite all this good-for-nothing way of talking. I believe I love you more than ever - if I do not hate you - for the disdain with which you have listened to me during this last half-hour. Good-bye, Margaret!'