"Your ladyship, you know best whether there's anything in what I say or whether there's nothing. Something or nothing, I have acted up to Miss Summerson's wishes in letting things alone and in undoing what I had begun to do, as far as possible; that's sufficient for me. In case I should be taking a liberty in putting your ladyship on your guard when there's no necessity for it, you will endeavour, I should hope, to outlive my presumption, and I shall endeavour to outlive your disapprobation. I now take my farewell of your ladyship, and assure you that there's no danger of your ever being waited on by me again."
She scarcely acknowledges these parting words by any look, but when he has been gone a little while, she rings her bell.
"Where is Sir Leicester?"
Mercury reports that he is at present shut up in the library alone.
"Has Sir Leicester had any visitors this morning?"

"Your ladyship, I have followed Miss Summerson's wishes in letting things alone and in undoing what I had begun to do. I now take my farewell of your ladyship, and assure you that there's no danger of your ever being waited on by me again."
When he has been gone a little while, she rings her bell.
"Where is Sir Leicester?"
The footman reports that he is shut up in the library alone.
"Has he had any visitors this morning?"
