"You've become very mealy-mouthed of a sudden."
"Not with you, my sweet cousin. With you I can discuss the devil and all his works as freely as ever; but with Lady George, at her father's house, I think I should be dumb. In truth, I haven't got anything to say to her."
"I thought you had."
"I know you think so; but I haven't. It is quite on the card that I may ride over some day, as I would to see my sister."
"Your sister!"
"And that I shall make eager enquiries after her horse, her pet dog, and her husband."
"You will be wrong there, for she has quarrelled with her husband altogether."
"I hope not."
"They are not living together, and never even see each other. He's at Manor Cross, and she's at the deanery. She's a divinity to you, but Lord George seems to have found her so human that he's tired of her already."
"Then it must be his own fault."