Ada was by no means the sort of woman one might call haughty or proud, but even she would have been mortified by her actions were she in her right mind. "But I love you!" She suddenly sank to her knees in the middle of the street, a look of deep anguish on her face as she stared up at him. "I shall never love again, you are my only chance of happiness, can't you love me?" Tears started to well up in her eyes. "I'll do anything for you, anything at all! Please don't leave me, if you leave my life shan't be worth living a second longer. I can be mother to your children," by this point she was lightly sobbing, "I can take care of you if you'll only let me love you!"
