I want to be a Peeress." "In that respect I am unable to help you," he replied.

"And in case I have not made myself sufficiently clear upon the subject, let me tell you that I deeply resent the plot by which you endeavoured to foist such an indignity upon me." "This is your last word ?" she demanded.
"Absolutely!" "Then I demand that you set me free." He was a little staggered.
"How on earth can I do that ?" "You can allow me to divorce you." "And spoil any chance I might have of reentering political life," he remarked quietly.
"I have no further interest in your political life," she retorted.
He looked at her steadfastly.
"There is another way," he suggested.

"I might divorce you." Her eyes fell before the steely light in his.

She did her best, however, to keep her voice steady.
"That would not suit me," she admitted.

"I could not be received at Court, and there are other social penalties which I am not inclined to face.