And as for you, no one would ever take you to be a gentleman, you know." "Why, what do you call me, now ?" He laughed, but without much enjoyment.

No one likes to be told that he is not a gentleman, whatever his own suspicions on the subject may be.
"Never mind.

I know a gentleman when I see one.

Go on with your nonsense about being rich." "I shall make you rich, Lotty, whether you like it or not," he said, still with unwonted sweetness.
She shook her head.
"Not by wickedness," she said stoutly.
"I've got there," he pulled a bundle of papers out of his pockets, "all the documents wanted to complete the case.

All I want now is for the rightful heiress to step forward." "I'm not the rightful heiress, and I'm not the woman to step forward, Joe; so don't you think it." "I've been to-day," Joe continued, "to Doctors' Commons, and I've seen the will.