I shan't blab, and as for Leonora, that girl has a head on her shoulder's." "Unlike the woman in the sign," said I, "whose head is cut off.

You speak nonsense, Mr.
Petulengro: as long as a woman has a head on her shoulders she'll talk,--but, leaving women out of the case, it is impossible to keep anything a secret; an old master of mine told me so long ago.

I have moreover another reason for declining your offer.

I am at present not disposed for society.

I am become fond of solitude.