"But I shall, papa."
"Fanny, you can do no such thing."
"I certainly shall. It may be a very long time first; but I certainly shall,—unless I die."
"It is wicked of you, my dear, to talk of dying in that way."
"What I mean is, that however long I may live I shall consider myself engaged to Mr. Roden."
"He has behaved very, very badly. He has made his way into my house under a false pretence."
"He came as Hampstead's friend."
"It was very foolish of Hampstead to bring him,—very foolish,—a Post Office clerk."
"Mr. Vivian is a clerk in the Foreign Office. Why shouldn't one office be the same as another?"
"They are very different;—but Mr. Vivian wouldn't think of such a thing. He understands the nature of things, and knows his own position. There is a conceit about the other man."