Selina: “I had not loved these, dear, so much—” No, that is the wrong way round, isn’t it?

Ann: You don’t understand. He——

Lord William: Your little story is not good, etc.

Ninian: I seem to recollect that the division took place at two in the morning.

Mrs. Martineau: Tut, tut, Ann, the early hours of the morning! Devoted to friendship!

Ann: Yes. I don’t know at what time they wanted him to speak, but he was with me. He is my lover.

Lady Emily: Ann, dearest, you’re mad.

Lord William: Ann, you’re joking.

Ninian: Do you think you are going to make us believe a yarn like that?