Do not torture me with gratitude which I never wished to deserve. Sir William is too good an old fool; he must think differently from what I should have thought in his place. I should have forgiven my daughter, but as to her seducer I should have---- MELLEFONT. Marwood! MARWOOD. True; you yourself are the seducer! I am silent. Shall I be presently allowed to pay my farewell visit to Miss Sampson? MELLEFONT. Sara could not be offended, even if you left without seeing her again. MARWOOD. Mellefont, I do not like playing my part by halves, and I have no wish to be taken, even under an assumed name, for a woman without breeding. MELLEFONT. If you care for your own peace of mind you ought to avoid seeing a person again who must awaken certain thoughts in you which---- MARWOOD (_smiling disdainfully_). You have a better opinion of yourself than of me. But even if you believed that I should be inconsolable on your account, you ought at least to believe it in silence.--Miss Sampson would awaken certain thoughts in me? Certain thoughts! Oh yes; but none more certain than this--that the best girl can often love the most worthless man. MELLEFONT. Charming, Marwood, perfectly charming. Now you are as I have long wished to see you; although I could almost have wished, as I told you before, that we could have retained some respect for each other. But this may perhaps come still when once your fermenting heart has cooled down. Excuse me for a moment. I will fetch Miss Sampson to see you. Scene V. MARWOOD (_looking round_).