Ann: I don’t think she would understand. To Mrs. Sidebotham all jokes are “little jokes,”—household pets in fact.
Lord William: Personally, I prefer the dear vicar to his wife. Can’t you give me any news of him?
Ann: He is such a kind man—just as high as ever, calling the Church of England the Catholic Church, with a long “a,” and he knows that Christ was a Jew.
Lady Emily: Did you tell him?
Ann: I don’t think so.
Lady Emily: Well, he couldn’t have heard it from Ninian.
Selina: I hated him when I was a child. He always said “How are we this morning?” And I never could abide the medical touch in private life.
Molyneux: Ann, you are very stingy of the County news, which, however much we may try to conceal it, really thrills us. How is Lady Bootle?
Ann: Very rich.