You would not wish me to speak falsehoods, would you?
A man must choose for himself, but he can't live with two different sets of people; at least, not if I belong to one and the Duke of Omnium to the other.
The bishop going indeed! If there be anything that I hate it is hypocrisy." "There is no hypocrisy in that, Lady Lufton." "But I say there is, Fanny.

Very strange, indeed! 'Put off his defence!' Why should a man need any defence to his wife if he acts in a straightforward way?
His own language condemns him: 'Wrong to stand out!' Now, will either of you tell me that Mr.Robarts would really have thought it wrong to refuse that invitation?
I say that that is hypocrisy.

There is no other word for it." By this time the poor wife, who had been in tears, was wiping them away and preparing for action.

Lady Lufton's extreme severity gave her courage.

She knew that it behoved her to fight for her husband when he was thus attacked.