Quotation from: The Arrow of Gold

Written by: Joseph Conrad

She lowered her head slowly with a backward gesture of her arm as
if to keep me off, for I had sprung to my feet all at once as if
mad.

"Then go quickly," I said. "You are afraid of living flesh and
blood. What are you running after? Honesty, as you say, or some
distinguished carcass to feed your vanity on? I know how cold you
can be--and yet live. What have I done to you? You go to sleep in
my arms, wake up and go away. Is it to impress me? Charlatanism
of character, my dear."