You're an engaged man, or, upon my honour, I wouldn't trust you; but between ourselves, this Greek--and he's quite right--is trying to get her away from the set of snuffy vagabonds who are prompting her for mischief, and don't know how to treat her.' While he was speaking Barto Rizzo pushed roughly between them, and with a black brush painted the circle about Vittoria's name.
'Do you see that ?' said Weisspriess.
'I see,' Wilfrid retorted, 'that you are ready to meddle with the reputation of any woman who is likely to be talked about.

Don't do it in my presence.' It was natural for Captain Weisspriess to express astonishment at this outburst, and the accompanying quiver of Wilfrid's lip.
'Austrian military etiquette, Lieutenant Pierson,' he said, 'precludes the suspicion that the officers of the Imperial army are subject to dissension in public.

We conduct these affairs upon a different principle.

But I'll tell you what.

That fellow's behaviour may be construed as a more than common stretch of incivility.