"No, nor to me."
"Then it's true you're resigning?"
"Yes, in a few weeks. I'm just holding on to——"
"See this crisis through, I suppose?"
"Oh dear, no. The crisis, as you call it, Miss Scaife, don't matter to me—nor I to it. I'm holding on to complete another year's service and get fifty pound more pension."
"You're very practical, Sir John."
"High praise again!"
"Perhaps hardly meant again!"
"I'm sure Lady Eynesford teaches her household the value of practicality."
"Well, Mary is practical; and I suppose Dick must be called so now—Miss Granger's an excellent match. Oh, I suppose we all pass muster pretty well, except Alicia."