est I should be obliged to revoke the
appointment; and, had you followed the direction, you would have found
it.

I have been watched, my dearest life, said he, half out of breath--I
have been watched in every step I took: and my trusty servant has been
watched too, ever since Saturday; and dared not to come near your
wall. And here we shall be discovered in a moment.--Speed away, my
charmer--this is the moment of your deliverance--if you neglect this
opportunity, you can never have such another.

What is it you mean, Sir?--Let go my hand: for I tell you [struggling
vehemently] that I will sooner die than go with you.

Good God! said he, with a look of wildness and surprise, what is it I
hear?--But [still drawing me after him, as he retreated farther from the
door] it is no time to argue--by all that's good you must go--surely you
cannot doubt my honour, nor give me cause to question your own.

As you value me, Mr. Lovelace, urge me no farther. I come fixed and
resolved. Let me give you the letter I have written. My further reasons
shall follow; and they will convince you that I ought not to go.

Nothing, Madam, can convince me--by all that's sacred, I will not leave
you. To leave you now, would be to lose you for ever--

Am I to be thus compelled? interrupted I, with equal indignation and
vehemence.--Let go my hands--I am resolved not to go with you--and I
will convince you that I ought not.

All my friends expect you, Madam--all your own are determined against
you--Wednesday next is the day, the important, perhaps the fatal day!
Would you stay to be Solmes's wife?--Can this be your determination at
last?

No, never, never will I be that man's--But I will not go with you! [draw
me not thus--How dare you, Sir? I would not have seen you, but to tell
you so]. I had not met you, but for fear you would have been guilty of
some rashness--and, once more, I will not go--What mean you?--striving
with all my force to get from him.

What can have possessed my angel, said he [quitting my hands, and with a
gentler voice] that after so much ill-usage from your relations; vows so
solemn on my part; an affection so ardent; you stab me with a refusal to
stand by your own appointment?

We have no time to talk, Mr. Lovelace. I will give you my reasons at a
better opportunity. I cannot go with you now--and once more urge me no
farther--surely, I am not to be compelled by every body!

I see how it is, said he, with a dejected