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Good morning, madam.

Good morning, sir.

Do you pass me so hastily, Miss Martin? To run away so were enough to put it into a vain person's head to believe himself dangerous.

Perhaps then, yours is not without that idea.

Yet I ought not to be flatter'd by it neither; for women, it is said, fly from small dangers, and encounter the greater more willingly.

Yes, Sir John, we are the reverse of the men in this respect, which accounts likewise for your detaining me here.

Nay, in this you are mistaken: it is no mean danger that proves my boldness at this moment. (Placing himself between her and the door gayly.)