`` Because , as I have told you , you have no right to come . '' `` But if I will not obey you ? If I will come in defiance of your prohibition ? '' She turned her steady luminous eyes on his pale , set face . `` You would stamp yourself as a madman , then , '' she said coldly . `` I know that you are Miss Lesley 's promised husband . Therefore , you are either false to her or insulting to me . In either case the companionship of Magdalen Crawford is not what you must seek . Go ! '' She turned away from him with an imperious gesture of dismissal . Esterbrook Elliott stepped forward and caught one firm , white wrist . `` I shall not obey you , '' he said in a low , intense tone ; his fine eyes burned into hers . `` You may send me away , but I will come back , again and yet again until you have learned to welcome me . Why should you meet me like an enemy ? Why can we not be friends ? '' The girl faced him once more . `` Because , '' she said proudly , `` I am not your equal . There can be no friendship between us . There ought not to be . Magdalen Crawford , the fisherman 's niece , is no companion for you .
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