Why should I perplex and trouble him?
I have told him to please himself with Miss Wildmere--that I should certainly please myself in my choice of friends, and that he as a man assuredly had a right to do the same.

He will soon be engaged to her, and probably is already, but he has no right to demand that I should receive this girl with open arms.

She already detests me, and I do not admire her.
It's none of my business, but if I were a man I wouldn't stand her flirtation with Mr.Arnault.Even the people in the house are observing it with significant smiles.

He must get over the impression that I'm the weak, limp child in mind or body that he left.

I'm an independent woman, and have as much right to my thoughts and ways as he to his.