I have gone good lengths to set his mind at ease.

I have stuck my pen behind my ear, I have made him a bow instead of a curtsey, I have whistled--not a tune I can't pipe up that--nay, if you won't tell my lady, I don't mind telling you that I have said 'Confound it!' and 'Zounds!' I can't get any farther.

For all that, Mr.Horner won't forget I am a lady, and so I am not half the use I might be, and if it were not to please my Lady Ludlow, Mr.Horner and his books might go hang (see how natural that came out!).
And there is an order for a dozen nightcaps for a bride, and I am so afraid I shan't have time to do them.

Worst of all, there's Mr.Gray taking advantage of my absence to seduce Sally!" "To seduce Sally! Mr.Gray!" "Pooh, pooh, child! There's many a kind of seduction.

Mr.Gray is seducing Sally to want to go to church.