She remarked that SHE might listen to such things, because she was clever enough for them not to matter; only Mamie should take care how she went about saying them at large.

When she became definite however, in a minute, on the subject of the public facts, Miss Cutter soon found herself ready to make her own concession.

Of course she didn't dispute THEM: there they were; they were unfortunately on record, and, nothing was to be done about them but to--Mamie found it in truth at this point a little difficult.
"Well, what?
Pretend already to have forgotten them ?" "Why not, when you've done it in so many other cases ?" "There ARE no other cases so bad.

One meets them at any rate as they come.

Some you can manage, others you can't.