"Please forgive me for telling you so, but I've only just found it out for myself; so I had to tell someone." "You're rather a wonderful young woman," said the squire, still staring.
She shook her head.

"Oh, no, I'm not.

I've just begun to use my brains, that's all.

They're nothing at all out of the ordinary, really." He laughed.

"Well, you've given me a pretty straight one anyway.