'Just because'!" "You _can't_.

I sha'n't permit it.

I--I'll call the police." "Don't do that, ma'am.

I've stood a lot from you, in one way or another." "But it's _murder_! You--you can't mean it." Moans issued from the speaker.

"What _ever_ possessed me to accept this position?
It's unendurable, and I'll be involved--" "I've saw your last raise, Miz' Ring." "Do you think I'd stay, after this?
It's bad enough to be made ridiculous--the whole hotel is in laughter; laughter at me, I dare say, as much as at her.