"I do not think," she said, "that it is considered fair to gentlemen to tell such stories as that." "Then I can only say that the young ladies I have known are generally very unfair." "But who told you ?" "Who told me?
My maid.

Of course she got it from yours.

Those things are always known." "Poor Will!" "Poor Will, indeed.

He is coming here again, I hear, almost immediately, and it needn't be 'poor Will' unless you like it.

But as for me, I am not going to be an advocate in his favour.