Listen hard, mind, and don't interrupt.

Have you ever wondered why I put you on the Board of the B.& I. ?" "My title, I suppose--and social position." "Rot!" Phipps answered scornfully.

"Your title and your social position aren't worth a damn to me.

I put you on because of your wife." Dredlinton stared at him.
"Why, you didn't even know her!" "Never mind.

I knew her to look at.