"I never form a hasty judgment.

Lady Lydiard's conduct is beyond the reach of any defense, no matter how ingenious it may be.

You may not be aware, sir, that in receiving my niece under her roof her Ladyship was receiving a gentlewoman by birth as well as by education.

My late lamented sister was the daughter of a clergyman of the Church of England.

I need hardly remind you that, as such, she was a born lady.