'I might tell you that I don't care a button whom you marry, but that would not be true.

I do care more or less.

As you say, I know you pretty well.

I'd a little rather you didn't make a mess of it; and if you must I should distinctly prefer not to have the spectacle under my nose for the rest of my life.

I can't hinder you, but I won't help you.' 'And what possesses you to imagine that in marrying Cecily I should make a mess of it?
Shouldn't your first consideration be whether SHE would ?' 'Perhaps it should, but, you see, it isn't.