"I can't say that I do."
"To cut out poor Frank."
"It's quite possible."
"Poor Frank!"
"You had a great deal better say poor Popplecourt!—or poor governor, or poor Lady Cantrip."
"But a hundred countesses can't make your sister marry a man she doesn't like."
"Just that. They don't go the right way about it."
"What would you do?"
"Leave her alone. Let her find out gradually that what she wants can't be done."
"And so linger on for years," said Lady Mabel reproachfully.