You are one of the ropes I want to cut.

Why not, indeed?
I think that I could do it." "Do you want a bribe ?" "I want Mannering." "So do I!" "He can belong to you none the less for belonging to us politically." "Possibly! But I prefer him here.

As a recluse he is adorable.

I do not want him to go through the mill." "You don't understand his importance to us," Borrowdean declared.

"This is really no light affair.