I can't imagine that I'm your wife and that you have rights over me. What seems natural to you, since you propose it to me, makes me feel sacrilegious. The law can bend my civil being, it does not enchain my modesty or my intimate self. I'll only be the wife of the man I love, and... I don't love you yet!

Max the Veuzit is the pen name of Alphonsine Zéphirine Vavasseur, born in Petit-Quevilly 29 October 1876 and died in Bois-Colombes 15 April 1952. It is a French language writer, author of numerous romance novels with great success.