I wanted to be the first to assure you of this.

Our secret is quite safe.

The man--with whom I made a fool of myself--has given me his word of honour." "Sir Leslie Borrowdean's--word of honour!" Mannering remarked, with slow scorn.

"Do you know the man, I wonder ?" "I know that he wishes to be your friend, and not your enemy," she said.
"He chooses his friends for what they are worth to him," Mannering answered.

"It is all a matter of self-interest.