Am I to give an opinion ?" "You will give it, whatever I say.

And it's you all over--to give it, before you've allowed me to explain anything." "Oh, I know your point of view--" said Geoffrey, unperturbed--"know it by heart.

Haven't you dinned it into me at half a dozen dances lately?
No!--I'm entitled to my say--and here it is.

Claim all the freedom you like--but as you're _not_ twenty-five, but nineteen--let a good fellow like Buntingford give you advice--and be thankful!" "Prig!" said Helena, pelting him with a spray of wild cherry, which he caught and put in his button-hole.

"If that isn't preaching, I should like to know what is!" "Not at all.