"I know it is, and I expect to be told."
"People don't always get all they expect."
"Don't trifle with me, Azalea; I'm not in a trifling mood. Who was that man?"
"Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies. Now, now, Cousin William, you know yourself, it's very rude to insist on prying into other folks' secrets!"
"Why is it a secret? What possible business can a man like that have with you,—that I can't know about?"
"Why do you say 'a man like that'? He's all right."
"All right is a vague term. He's not one of our sort."
"Don't be a snob! Remember you were born and brought up in the West, just as much as I was. And although you've now got to living high and mighty, you needn't look down on me or my friends!"
"You're talking rubbish, Azalea. That man is not your friend,—he was talking to you on some business matter."
"I'm not a business woman!"