"Hath some woman promised thee aught and failed thee?"
"Ay, it comes to the same thing. Eyes may speak promises as well as lips."
"Oh, yes, eyes may say a great deal, especially when they are angry eyes and look out from under drawn brows. I should scarce think any maid would dare wed a man with eyes that could look black when their color by nature is blue."
Clever Peggy to shift the ground of attack! Silly Romney to fall into the trap!
"I am not angry."
"Yes you are, and have been all the morning in a temper. I felt quite sorry for your mother, she was so shamed by it."
"What said she?"
"Oh, that you were not well, which is what mothers always say when their son's actions do them no credit."
"If my temper did me no credit, who drove me to it?"