I know that very well.

So much the worse for me.

But if they were the last words I had to utter--and last words should be very solemn to you and me, Paul, after poor dear Fanny--I would still say I never thought it was.

And what is more,' added Mrs Chick with increased dignity, as if she had withheld her crushing argument until now, 'I never did think it was.' Mr Dombey walked to the window and back again.
'It is not to be supposed, Louisa,' he said (Mrs Chick had nailed her colours to the mast, and repeated 'I know it isn't,' but he took no notice of it), 'but that there are many persons who, supposing that I recognised any claim at all in such a case, have a claim upon me superior to Miss Tox's.

But I do not.