'Since then she has abandoned all endeavour in that direction, and has given you over to your own devices--and me.

Since then you have become a chartered libertine.

You have letters of mark.' 'I don't care what you call me,' said Mary.

'I only know that I am very happy when you are at home, and very miserable when you are away.' 'It is hardly kind of you to say that, Lady Mary,' remonstrated Fraeulein Mueller, who, up to this point, had been busily engaged with muffins and gooseberry jam.
'Oh, I don't mean that any one is unkind to me or uses me badly,' said Mary.

'I only mean that my life is empty when Maulevrier is away, and that I am always longing for him to come back again.' 'I thought you adored the hills, and the lake, and the villagers, and your pony, and Maulevrier's dogs,' said, Lesbia faintly contemptuous.
'Yes, but one wants something human to love,' answered Mary, making it very obvious that there was no warmth of affection between herself and the feminine members of her family.
She had not thought of the significance of her speech.