"I want none, sir—I will hear none. I have been called a liar! his pitiful life could not expiate the offence!"
"You are savage, young lady! you wish, perhaps, that I should pistol him."
"I thank you, sir, for recalling by your ridicule, the remembrance that this is a business interview. What I ask is this:— that you announce to Signor Alboni the termination of my studies with him, and pay his bill."
"Do you know, that although it is only the second week of the session, you will be charged for the term?"
"I do, sir."
"What if I refuse to discharge the debt?"
"I shall liquidate it with the money intended for my personal expenses."
"And if I forbid this, and command you to continue your lessons?"
"I shall refuse obedience to a demand you have not the right to make."
"Miss Ross! do you know to whom you are speaking?"