I don't mean to say you ain't quite as young as ever you were, and nothing can be nicer and fresher than you are;--especially since you took to bathing." "Oh, aunt, don't!" "My dear, the truth must be spoken.

I declare I don't think I ever saw a young woman so improvident as you are.

When are you to begin to think about getting married if you don't do it now ?" "I shall never begin to think about it, till I buy my wedding clothes." "That's nonsense,--sheer nonsense.

How are you to get wedding clothes if you have never thought about getting a husband?
Didn't I see Mr Cheesacre ask you for a dance last night ?" "Yes, he did; while you were talking to Captain Bellfield yourself, aunt." "Captain Bellfield can't hurt me, my dear.

And why didn't you dance with Mr Cheesacre ?" "He's a fat Norfolk farmer, with not an idea beyond the virtues of stall-feeding." "My dear, every acre of it is his own land,--every acre! And he bought another farm for thirteen thousand pounds only last autumn.
They're better than the squires,--some of those gentlemen farmers; they are indeed.