"I hate it all so!" she added.
"Of course you must." "I suppose most quarrels between families are on account of business," she said.

"That's why they're so sordid.

Certainly the Lambs seem a sordid lot to me, though of course I'm biased." And with that she began to sketch a history of the commercial antagonism that had risen between the Adamses and the Lambs.
The sketching was spontaneous and dramatic.

Mathematics had no part in it; nor was there accurate definition of Mr.Adams's relation to the institution of Lamb and Company.

The point was clouded, in fact; though that might easily be set down to the general haziness of young ladies confronted with the mysteries of trade or commerce.