If I was only twenty years younger--perhaps (as I am not twenty years younger) I had better not finish the sentence?
Is it indiscreet, my dear lady, to inquire what _is_ the matter with her ?" "It might be indiscreet, on the part of a stranger," said Mrs.Crayford.
"An old friend like you may make any inquiries.

I wish I could tell you what is the matter with Clara.

It is a mystery to the doctors themselves.

Some of the mischief is due, in my humble opinion, to the manner in which she has been brought up." "Ay! ay! A bad school, I suppose." "Very bad, Captain Helding.

But not the sort of school which you have in your mind at this moment.