"Because it was so arranged."
"You had told me it was some one else?"
"Do you mean to accuse me of a falsehood, George? First one arrangement had been made, and then another."
"I had been told before how it was to be."
"Who told you? I can only answer for myself."
"And why did you waltz?"
"Because you had withdrawn your foolish objection. Why should I not dance like other people? Papa does not think it wrong?"
"Your father has nothing to do with it."
"If you ill-treat me, George, papa must have something to do with it. Do you think he will see me disgraced before a room full of people, as you did yesterday, and hold his tongue? Of course you are my husband, but he is still my father; and if I want protection he will protect me."
"I will protect you," said Lord George, stamping his foot upon the floor.