You will have to lean on the hedge for support if you refuse my help.

I am sorry I did not insist on getting the trap." Gertrude had not been spoken to in this tone since her childhood.

"I am perfectly well," she said sharply.

"You are really very officious." "You are not perfectly well, and you know it.

However, if you make a brave struggle, you will probably be able to walk home without my assistance, and the effort may do you good." "You are very rude," she said peremptorily.
"I know it," he replied calmly.