"But you would receive me?"
"Assuredly, we would receive you—we would do more, we would welcome you."
"Then I warn you that I may remain."
"What nonsense!" she exclaimed. "A London gentleman come here to live—settle down to the humdrum life of a Colonist!"
"There may be compensations."
"What compensations?"
"Leading a quiet existence, for one thing."
"No need to cross the Atlantic for that," she said. "You can lead a quiet existence on your country estate—stay away from London."
"The social life is very charming," he continued.