A woman has to show a little spirit or she will be trodden absolutely into the dirt.

It was something to have a woman to speak to, even though I had not a thought in common with her;--though she was to my feeling as inferior to myself as I no doubt am thought to be by that fat prancing woman to herself.

Even Mrs.Crompton's countenance was of value.

But if I had yielded she would have taken it out in tyranny.

So now we don't speak.' 'That is a pity.' 'It is a pity.