She will listen to you.

Don't let her marry that dreadful politician." To all this pathetic appeal, some parts of which were as little calculated to please Carrington as Ratcliffe himself, Carrington answered that he was ready to do all in his power but that Sybil must tell him when and how to act.
"Then, it's a bargain," said she; "whenever I want you, I shall call on you for help, and you shall prevent the marriage." "Alliance offensive and defensive," said he, laughing; "war to the knife on Ratcliffe.

We will have his scalp if necessary, but I rather think he will soon commit hari-kari himself if we leave him alone." "Madeleine will like him all the better if he does anything Japanese," replied Sybil, with great seriousness; "I wish there was more Japanese bric-a-brac here, or any kind of old pots and pans to talk about.

A little art would be good for her.

What a strange place this is, and how people do stand on their heads in it! Nobody thinks like anyone else.
Victoria Dare says she is trying on principle not to be good, because she wants to keep some new excitements for the next world.