But I am sure she cannot mean to torment, for she is very much attached to my brother.

She has been in love with him ever since they first met, and while my father's consent was uncertain, she fretted herself almost into a fever.

You know she must be attached to him." "I understand: she is in love with James, and flirts with Frederick." "Oh! no, not flirts.

A woman in love with one man cannot flirt with another." "It is probable that she will neither love so well, nor flirt so well, as she might do either singly.

The gentlemen must each give up a little." After a short pause, Catherine resumed with, "Then you do not believe Isabella so very much attached to my brother ?" "I can have no opinion on that subject." "But what can your brother mean?
If he knows her engagement, what can he mean by his behaviour ?" "You are a very close questioner." "Am I?
I only ask what I want to be told." "But do you only ask what I can be expected to tell ?" "Yes, I think so; for you must know your brother's heart." "My brother's heart, as you term it, on the present occasion, I assure you I can only guess at." "Well ?" "Well! Nay, if it is to be guesswork, let us all guess for ourselves.