French a suitable wife for your brother?
Just give me a plain yes or no.' 'I certainly don't,' replied the girl, barely subduing the tremor of her voice.
'Both my children are not fools, thank Heaven! Now tell me, if you can, what fault you have to find with the "young lady," as your brother calls her ?' 'For one thing, I don't think her Horace's equal.

She can't really be called a lady.' 'You are listening ?' Horace bit his lip in mortification, and again his head swung doggedly from side to side.
'We might pass over that,' added Mr.Lord.

'What about her character?
Is there any good point in her ?' 'I don't think she means any harm.

But she's silly, and I've often thought her selfish.' 'You are listening ?' Horace lost patience.
'Then why do you pretend to be friends with her ?' he demanded almost fiercely.
'I don't,' replied his sister, with a note of disdain.

'We knew each other at school, and we haven't altogether broken off, that's all.' 'It isn't all!' shouted the young man on a high key.