"You are upsetting things terribly."
"Things are upsetting me terribly."
"You are causing a great deal of trouble and annoyance."
"So did Romeo."
"Eh?"
"I said--So did Romeo."
"I don't know anything about Romeo."
"As far as love is concerned, I begin where he left off."
"I wish I could persuade you to be sensible."
"That's just what I think I am."
"I wish I could get you to see my point of view."
"I do see your point of view. But dimly. You see, my own takes up
such a lot of the foreground."
There was a pause.
"Then I am afraid," said Lord Marshmoreton, "that we must leave
matters as they stand."
"Until they can be altered for the better."
"We will say no more about it now."
"Very well."
"But I must ask you to understand clearly that I shall have to do
everything in my power to stop what I look on as an unfortunate
entanglement."
"I understand,"
"Very well."
Lord Marshmoreton coughed. George looked at him with some surprise.
He had supposed the interview to be at an end, but the other made
no move to go. There seemed to be something on the earl's mind.
"There is--ah--just one other thing," said Lord Marshmoreton.
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