"If you know it, you do not demean yourself in consequence."
"That is the question. I maintain that I do; and I suppose I am old enough to know what is right on such matters."
He shook his head.
"Can you name any one instance in which I have overstepped the limits to which even English rigidity confines a young woman?"
"Your encouragement of the attentions of Mr. Ashley...."
"Again, Mr. Ashley!"
"Of Mr. Maxwell...."
She burst out laughing; but the laugh was hollow.
"Of Lord * * * * who every day...."
"Why he's as old as you are!"