Once for all, I can't dream of such a thing.' 'Then all I can say is, Mrs.Mumford'-- the speaker rose with heavy dignity--'that you're not behaving in a very ladylike way.

I'm not a quarrelsome person, as you well know, and I don't say nasty things if I can help it.

But there's one thing I _must_ say and _will_ say, and that is, that when we first came here you gave a very different account of yourself to what it's turned out.

You told me and my daughter distinctly that you had a great deal of the very best society, and that was what Lou came here _for_, and you knew it, and you can't deny that you did.

And I should like to know how much society she's seen all the time she's been here--that's the question I _ask_ you.