"He asked you to do something about a letter,--a letter to that Colonel Osborne, who is a man, my dear, really to be very much afraid of; a man who has done a great deal of harm,--and you declined.

Now in a matter of that kind of course the husband--" "Lady Milborough, I must ask you to listen to me.

You have listened to Mr.Trevelyan, and I must ask you to listen to me.

I am sorry to trouble you, but as you have come here about this unpleasant business, you must forgive me if I insist upon it." "Of course I will listen to you, my dear." "I have never refused to obey my husband, and I do not refuse now.
The gentleman of whom you have been speaking is an old friend of my father's, and has become my friend.

Nevertheless, had Mr.Trevelyan given me any plain order about him, I should have obeyed him.