I thought, along with your other shortcomings, you weren't capable of even that.

Now that we're talking, I'll say that I've taken Ruth round and found her entertaining.

What about it?
And I've given her my opinion of the way you've run this work, because she asked for it.

I told her that you had botched the business from the beginning.

I told her you were unpractical, incompetent, small-gauged, and lightweight, and would make a failure of everything you touched.