"Not that I'm aware of."
"Then, take my tip, and don't feign a vice if you haven't got it. Strikes me that you take yourself, and every other jolly thing, too seriously. You mayn't guess it, but I'm betting that in about five years' time you'll be looking back at this episode as if it were a regular rare old spree. People do have so few real adventures nowadays. Look at me! I haven't had one in the whole of my life--and you've had one already!--a tip-topper, too! It's an asset--mind you, it's an asset; something you can put in the bank and draw upon. Why, I consider that little tiddley-bit, when you were behind the curtain, and saw the whole jolly show, was worth no end."
"It only proves that you haven't the least idea what you're talking about."
"That remark only proves that you don't know where you are. Why, you're only--I don't know what your age is."
"Never mind my age."
"Well, there can't be much of it to mind. I believe Frances is older than you, and she's only a kid."
"Mr Vernon----"
"You needn't call me Mr Vernon; you can call me Jim."
"Thank you; I prefer to call you Mr Vernon."
"Very well, Miss Gilbert. I was about to observe, when you interrupted me, that, already, at your age, you're set up with a stock of A1 stories which will last you the rest of your life; you'll only be able to appreciate what that means when you arrive at years of discretion. When you've married--if you ever do marry; and a girl with your money is pretty nearly sure to find someone who'll have her--you'll be able to tell your grandchildren----"