'If you flirt with him and then drop him, he'll suffer, though he'll be too proud to show it. And as for the alternative, it's out of the question. You must see that it would be sheer folly.'
'I've committed a great many follies,' said Bridget wistfully.
'But, so far, none that are quite irrevocable.'
'Well, he hasn't asked me yet to commit this one.'
'You're leading him on to it. Biddy, it is abominable of you to encourage him as you do—coming here with him that day.... And you let him take you riding....'
'Yes, he knows now that I CAN ride.'
'And he's at Government House nearly every day—I can't think what Lady Tallant is about to ask him so often to dinner.'
'She likes him because he takes Luke off her hands. You know we've nick-named him the Unconstitutional Adviser.'
'That's rubbish. You sing to him.'
'What harm is there in my singing to Colin McKeith?'