"Electra Grey will be carved on my tombstone."

"Then you decide my fate. I remain, and wait the slow approach of death."

"No, before just Heaven! I take no such responsibility, nor shall you
thrust it on me. You are a man, and must decide your destiny for yourself;
I am a poor girl, having no claim upon, no power over you. It is your duty
to preserve the life which God gave you, in the way prescribed by your
physician, and I have no voice in the matter. It is your duty to go South,
and it will be both weak and wicked to remain here under existing
circumstances."

"My life is centred in you; it is worthless, nay, a burden, separated from
you."

"Your life should be centred in something nobler, better; in your duty, in
your profession. It is suicidal to fold your hands listlessly, and look to
me as you do."

"All these  have I tried, and I am weary of the hollowness, weary of
life, and the world. So long as I have your face here, I  not to cross
my own threshold till friendly hands bearnt me word that he would bring company to tea."

He took