You are being very good to him." "It is for the old to give, Mary, and for the young to accept.

I do all for him because he is all to me; but what am I to him, that he should sacrifice any pleasure for me?
He can break my heart.

Were I even to quarrel with him, the worst I could do would be to send him to the money-lenders for a year or two." "But why should he care about his regiment now ?" "Because his regiment means liberty." "And you won't ask him to give it up ?" "I think not.

If I were to ask him I should expect him to yield, and then I should be disappointed were he to refuse.

I do not wish him to think me a tyrant." This was the end of the conversation, for Lady Scroope did not as yet dare to speak to the Earl about the widow and her daughter.