That would not be so bad." "Oh, Lord Rufford! Nobody has ever condemned you to anything so terrible as that." "There was no truth in it then, Miss Trefoil ?" "None at all, Lord Rufford.

Only I don't know why you should ask me." "Well; I don't know.

A man likes sometimes to be sure how the land lies.

Mr.Morton looks so cross that I thought that perhaps the very fact of my dancing with you might be an offence." "Is he cross ?" "You know him better than I do.

Perhaps it's his nature.