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“You have a genius for bringing trouble upon yourself”
“Eccentricity may be diverting, Mama, but it is out of place in a wife: certainly in my wife!”
“The charm of your society, my Sparrow, lies in not knowing what you will say next though one rapidly learns to expect the worst!”
“He then, with great presence of mind, put a stop to any further recriminations by kissing her; and his indignant betrothed, apparently feeling that he was too deeply sunk in depravity to be reclaim...”
“Don't you dare call me arrogant!If ever I had any at all-which I deny!- how much could I possibly have left after having been ridden over rough-shod by you and Thomas, do you imagine?”