"Can't you understand how annoying it must be to have to look at another person's treatment of your subject?"
"I think it was very nasty of you not to let him show me the pictures."
"You seem more interested in Ronnie's work than in mine."
"Well, you never let me look at what you've done."
"It isn't finished yet."
"You can be horrid."
"Look here, Jenny, for goodness' sake don't start criticising me. I can't stand it. I never could. I've noticed lately you've taken to it."
"Oh, I've not."
"Well, you give me that impression."
Jenny rose from the cushions and, running her hands down the tarlatan till it regained its buoyancy, she moved slowly across to Maurice's side.