But I have seen his sister." "And has she proposed such a thing ?" "No, she has not proposed it.

But she talks of it, saying that it would not do.

Then when I tell her that of course it would not do, she shows me all that would make it expedient.

She is so sly and so false, that with all my eyes open I cannot quite understand her, or quite know what she is doing.

I do not feel sure that she wishes it herself." "She told me that it would not do." "She did, did she?
If she speaks of it again, tell her that she is right, that it will never do.