"What does that mean?"
"It means, my dear uncle, that it can't be done."
"What can't be done?"
"I'd better be candid with you."
"I'd sooner you weren't. Candour with you means saying something disagreeable."
"Circumstances have arisen which make me think that things are in a very bad way with Sydney."
"I shouldn't be surprised."
"You would be surprised if you knew how bad they are."
"Oh, no, I shouldn't. A young scamp like that must expect to feed on the husks which the swine have rejected. I know. Rogues sometimes do get punished even in this world."
"Does it not occur to you how impossible it is that I should remain in your house while you speak like that of my future husband?"