He's only amusing himself." "If he'd once say the word he couldn't get back again.

The Duke would interfere then." "What would he care for the Duke?
The Duke is no more than anybody else nowadays.

I shall just fall to the ground between two stools.
I know it as well as if it were done already.

And then I shall have to begin again! If it comes to that I shall do something terrible.
I know I shall." Then they turned in at Lord Rufford's gates; and as they were driven up beneath the oaks, through the gloom, both mother and daughter thought how charming it would be to be the mistress of such a park..