It is news to me that ingratitude is a fault only to be found in the young and the foolish." "I didn't say so, ma'am." There was a tartness in his tone evoked by the tartness she had used.

"If you would do me the honour to listen, you would not misapprehend me.

For if unlike you I do not always say precisely what I think, at least I say precisely what I wish to convey.
To be ungrateful may be human; but to display it is childish." "I...

I don't think I understand." Her brows were knit.

"How have I been ungrateful and to whom ?" "To whom?
To Captain Blood.