"You konw what I am going to say. I love you...You could draw me to fire, you could draw me to water, you could draw me to the gallows, you could draw me to any death, you could draw me to anything I have most avoided, you could draw me to any exposure and disgrace...But if you would return a favorable answer to my offer of myself in marriage, you could draw me to any good - every good - with equal force."
Our Mutual Friend
by Charles Dickens