Of course.

She isn't a goose," retorted Mrs.Fyne tartly.
"Then her education is completed," I remarked with some bitterness.
"Don't you think she ought to be given a chance ?" Mrs.Fyne understood my meaning.
"Not this one," she snapped in a quite feminine way.

"It's all very well for you to plead, but I--" "I do not plead.

I simply asked.

It seemed natural to ask what you thought." "It's what I feel that matters.