"Surely I'm the best judge of that."
"No, you're not a judge at all. You think you're in love with me...."
"I'm hanged if I do—I know."
"Because you're sorry for me——"
"On the contrary, I'm sorry for myself. I think you're a hard-hearted ... obstinate ... little...."
Mr. Withells would have been scandalised at the conduct of Miles. He would undoubtedly have described it as both "insanitary and improper."
"Oh, please listen!" Meg gasped. "Perhaps a long time hence ... if you're still of the same mind...."
"Anyway, may I tell people?"
"Not a soul. I won't have my Jan worried just now. I've undertaken those children ... and she's having a bad time with that brother-in-law——"
"I say, Meg, what is it about that chap Tancred? I can't stick him.... Is he a bad egg, or what?"