"I've done both and shall do them whenever he wants me to.

I'm a poor creature, Miss Falconer." "A martyr on the altar of friendship," she said.

"Mr.Orme must be very irresistible." "He is," he assented, with an air of profound melancholy.

"Stafford has the extremely unpleasant knack of getting everybody to do what he wants.

It's very disgusting, but it's true.