But, Alice, I shall never have the power of speaking to you again as I speak now.
Since we have been out together, we have been dear friends; is it not so ?" "And shall we not always be dear friends ?" "No, certainly not.

How will it be possible?
Think of it.

How can I really be your friend when you are the mistress of that man's house in Cambridgeshire ?" "George!" "I mean nothing disrespectful.

I truly beg your pardon if it has seemed so.

Let me say that gentleman's house;--for he is a gentleman." "That he certainly is." "You could not have accepted him were he not so.