I shall never be quite sure whether you are jesting or serious.

I shall never feel that I really understand you." "You will, Norman.

It did seem so ridiculous for you, my old playfellow, to sit lecturing me so gravely about matrimony.

You took it so entirely for granted that I did not care for the duke." "And do you care for him, Philippa ?" he asked.
"Can you doubt it, after the description you gave of him, Norman ?" "You are mocking me again, Philippa," he said.
"But you were very eloquent, Norman," she persisted.

"I have never heard any one more so.