The Convenient Marriage Quotes
"You need not be at the trouble of announcing me."
"He waited on Mama yesterday only to – to solicit her permission to pay his addresses to me."
"One would think you had had dark tidings instead of a splendid Offer!"
"I am permitted to tell you myself. It is – it must be goodbye, Edward."
"I shan’t say. I only told you because you looked so very m-miserable."
"It is very handsome of you to give me the p-pleasure of having you p-propose for me."
"I must think it extremely odd, cousin, considering the singular nature of our relationship."
"We have dealt extremely, you and I, and I have a notion that it will all be changed now."
"‘For I don’t mind telling you, my dear fellow,’ he said frankly, ‘that if I’m to appear the thing at this wedding of yours I must give my tailor a trifle on account. Won’t do if I come in rags, you know. Girls won’t like it.’"
"‘What I mean,’ explained the Viscount, ‘is, when a fellow puts the bailiffs on to you, so to speak, then it’s time to settle with him. But as for paying all my bills – damme, I never heard of such a thing! Wouldn’t do at all.’"
"Lord, man, the debts! Can’t remember the half of ’em. No, it’s no use arguing. I’ve tried to add ’em up a score of times. You think you’ve done it and then some damned bill you forgot years ago crops up. Never come to the end of it. Wiser to leave it alone. Pay as you go, that’s my motto."
"‘Oh, n-no! But how came you on this road my l-lord?’ ‘I have been visiting friends out at Brentford,’ he explained."
"‘N-no, but there is Charlotte, and perhaps –’ ‘Forgive me,’ said Lethbridge crisply, ‘but neither does Charlotte amuse me – Let me fetch you a glass of ratafia.’"
"‘Oh!’ said Horatia, reviving. ‘And p-perhaps I ought to tell you, also, that he and I have d-decided to be friends.’"
"‘But I never dance,’ said Lethbridge, leading her into the set. ‘S-silly! you are dancing,’ Horatia pointed out."
"Oh, there’s nothing in it, my dear gal – everyone has ’em!"
"That’s devilish neat, ’pon my soul it is! Now you come to mention it, ecod, I don’t like it either!"
"I daresay you are satisfied, Horry. I must own,' he added in a rush of candour, 'I d-deserve it, even if you beat me with that whip, only I d-do hope you won't, M-Marcus."
"There was no other," he said. "What an instructive evening our dear Rule must have spent!"
"You are not very good company today, Caroline."
"But you see, Horry, you are my wife – a circumstance that makes Lethbridge's position a little awkward."
"That's as you choose, my dear. I’m ready – yes, I’m ready to run away with you, or you may return home in the morning and tell what tale you please."
"You m-make a habit of running away with f-females, do you not?"
"If you l-loved me the l-least little bit, you wouldn’t do this to me."
"I can’t imagine how ever I c-could have wanted you for a friend."
"I wish you would stop talking about l-love. It makes me feel sick."
"I see. Let me assure you once more that I am very much alive."
"If I let you die, the consequences to myself might prove a trifle difficult to avoid."
"I’ve done with you. You arouse the worst in me, you know."
"Memory is a damnably intrusive thing, eh?"
"You picked up a ring-brooch in Lethbridge’s house the other night, didn’t you?"
"I know you took that brooch. What did you do with it?"
"I have it from your man below that you went away in a chaise and four, and came home late – too late to be disturbed now. Where did you go?"
"I can’t conceive what – what should bring you here, gentlemen!"