"To make a suggestion."
"It's the same thing. Go on."
"It's merely this. That you'll never achieve a great social success till you've realised that the well-being of your friends is your least important consideration."
"Dear me, Mr. Secretary, I had no idea you were so tender in regard to Miss Fitzgerald."
"Who said anything about Miss Fitzgerald?"
"I did. I don't suppose you knew she was to be at Roberts' Hall."
"Certainly I know it. That is the very reason why I'm not going."
"I'm unfeignedly rejoiced. I've watched your progress in London with much interest, and believe me, Miss Fitzgerald is a stumbling-block in your path."
"All my friends, all the people who have my good at heart," he replied a trifle testily, "seem to think it their duty to warn me against Miss Fitzgerald."
"I should hate to see you become entangled."