I've no use for them, I tell you.

And I've no use either for undutiful daughters.

I've no use for young women who blow hot and cold.
Haven't I seen you with the fellow?
Do you think I'm a blind dodderer?
Do you think I haven't kept an eye on you?
Haven't I seen you blowing as hot as you please?
And now because he refuses to be a blinking idiot and have his guts blown out in this war of fools and knaves and capitalists, you blast him like a three-farthing iceberg." Everything in her that was tender, maidenly, English, shrank lacerated.
But the steel held her.

She put both her hands on the table and bent over towards him.
"But, father, except that he's a gentleman, you haven't told me why you want me to marry Mr.Holmes." He fidgeted with his fingers.

"Haven't you a spark of affection for me left ?" She said dutifully, "Yes, father." "I want you to marry him.