Her name is May Tomalin.

You're not obliged to like her.

You're not obliged to tell me what you think of her.

Most likely I shan't ask you .-- By the bye, I had a letter from Dyce Lashmar this morning." "Indeed ?" said the other, with a careless smile.
"I like his way of writing.

It's straight-forward and sharp-cut, like his talk.