"What do you mean by 'can't go' ?" "I mean simply that it is not convenient for me to get away at this time." "And is it your scheme now to act entirely upon your own convenience?
Can't you sometimes pull far enough away from yourself to forget your own convenience ?" "Oh, yes, but I can't very well forget that on this occasion it is almost impossible for me to get away.

Of course you don't understand this, and I am afraid that if I should try I couldn't make it very clear to you." "Oh, you needn't make any explanation to me, I assure you.

I had planned an enjoyment for your mother and sister, and if you desire to interfere with it, I have nothing more to say." "I have no business that shall interfere with their enjoyment," Henry replied.

"I'm ready to go at any time." The next day Witherspoon said: "Henry, if you have decided to go, there is no use of my leaving home." "Now there's no need of all this sacrifice," Mrs.Witherspoon protested, "for the truth is I don't want to go anyway.

During the hot weather I am never so comfortable anywhere as I am at home.