—And I think it is appropriate for me to reserve my vignette for a better time.
—You mean you will wait for me to leave.
—It is not that.
—Or you are afraid that I might have less indulgence for you, face to face, than I would for your average gentleman.
—It is not that.
—Be agreeable then and tell me what it is.
—That my vignette will not prove any better than those that have annoyed you.
—Hmph. Tell it anyway.
—No. You have had enough.
—You know that of all the ways the others have enraged me, yours is the most unpleasant?