Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London

"Oh, yes you are," he asserted with absolute assurance. "We'll
catch the last boat back, an' you'll have one fine time. An' I'll
put you next to some of the good dancers. Oh, I ain't a pincher,
an' I know you like dancin'."

"But I tell you I can't," she reiterated.

He shot a glance of suspicion at her from under the black thatch
of brows that met above his nose and were as one brow.