You are not half so nice as you were.

Unless one chops logic with you, and convinces you by a long argument, you'll do nothing.

Be obedient, I tell you.

That is what a woman has to be." "I could be obedient to some people, without knowing their reasons, even though they told me to do silly things," said Maggie, half to herself.
"I should like to know to whom," said Edward, scornfully.
"To Don Quixote," answered she, seriously; for, indeed, he was present in her mind just then, and his noble, tender, melancholy character had made a strong impression there.
Edward stared at her for a moment, and then burst into a loud fit of laughter.

It had the good effect of restoring him to a better frame of mind.