I know myself to be very bad, and yet I care nothing for myself. Don't Alice, don't; I don't want your caresses. Caress him, and I'll kneel at your feet and cover them with kisses." She had now thrown herself upon a sofa, and had turned her face away to the wall.
"Kate, you shouldn't speak in that way."
"Of course I shouldn't,--but I do."
"You, who know everything, must know that I cannot marry your brother,--even if he wished it."
"He does wish it."
"Not though I were under no other engagement."

Don't, Alice; I don't want your caresses. Caress him, and I'll kneel at your feet and cover them with kisses." She had now thrown herself upon a sofa, and had turned her face away to the wall.
"Kate, you shouldn't speak in that way."
"Of course I shouldn't - but I do."
"You know that I cannot marry your brother - even if he wished it."
"He does wish it."
"Not even if I were bound to no other engagement."
