"There you are. You think too much about them. You take too much notice of yourself; that's your great fault."
"Yet I didn't think I was conceited."
"Not half enough. That's just it. Yet you are egotistical."
He looked terribly crestfallen. "I suppose I am," he said, dolefully. "In fact, I am."
"Then you're not, so there!"
"Which do you mean?"
"I only said it to tease you. Do you suppose I'd have said such a thing if I'd really thought it?"
"I shouldn't mind what you said. If you really do think me egotistical, pray say so frankly."
"Of course I don't think anything of the kind!"