"Oh, with what bated, half-mouthed words you speak,--fit for a girl from a nursery! Out with it if you have anything to say against me! You owe me so much at any rate. I have never ill-treated you. I have never lied to you. I have taken nothing from you,--if I have not taken your heart. I have given you all that I have to give." Then she leaped to her feet and stood a little apart from him. "If you hate me, say so."
"Winifrid," he said, calling her by her name.

"Oh, with what half-mouthed words you speak - like a girl from a nursery! Out with it if you have anything to say against me! I have never lied to you. I have taken nothing from you - if not your heart. I have given you all that I have to give." Then she leaped to her feet and stood a little apart from him. "If you hate me, say so."
"Winifrid," he said.
