"That's all you know about it, my lord. Why shouldn't I be fond of him? Accidents will happen, you know."
"I don't want to make any allusion to anything that's unpleasant, Miss Melmotte."
"You may say just what you please. All the world knows about it. Of course I went to Liverpool, and of course papa had me brought back again."
"Why did not Sir Felix go?"
"I don't think, my lord, that that can be any business of yours."
"But I think that it is, and I'll tell you why. You might as well let me say what I've got to say,—out at once."
"You may say what you like, but it can't make any difference."
"You knew me before you knew him, you know."
"What does that matter? If it comes to that, I knew ever so many people before I knew you."
"And you were engaged to me."