"Nor would I. But when once all that had begun, they became an irrepressible burthen to me. I often used to say that I would throw them into the sea."
"I don't think I would have done that," said Lady Glencora.
"Ah,—you have never suffered as I have suffered."
"We never know where each other's shoes pinch each other's toes."
"You have never been left desolate. You have a husband and friends."
"A husband that wants to put five farthings into a penny! All is not gold that glistens, Lady Eustace."
"You can never have known trials such as mine," continued Lizzie, not understanding in the least her new friend's allusion to the great currency question. "Perhaps you may have heard that in the course of last summer I became engaged to marry a nobleman, with whom I am aware that you are acquainted." This she said in her softest whisper.
"Oh, yes;—Lord Fawn. I know him very well. Of course I heard of it. We all heard of it."
"And you have heard how he has treated me?"
"Yes,—indeed."