"It is quite useless," she said, "to try and arrange this matter so as to make it agreeable to you.

It can never be agreeable to you.

It is a disappointment, and disappointments are unpleasant.

I thought it over carefully and tried to arrange it better; but I only gave myself a headache and lost my sleep.

Say what we will, you will think yourself ill-treated, and you will publish your wrongs among your friends.