"You scandalize me.

An innocent child like you! Not to be thought of for a moment! Rather than that, I would have come and shared the burden with you myself!" "That's exactly what I have come to ask you to do," said Olga eagerly.
"Do say you can! You can't think how welcome you will be!" "My dear, you're so impetuous!" Violet was just a year her junior, but this fact was never recognized.

"Pray give me time to deliberate.

You forget that I also have a family to consider.

What will Bruce say if I desert him at a moment's notice ?" "I'm sure Bruce won't mind.