"Your mother was saying to me down in the country that she hoped you attended to the business. I told her that there was nothing to attend to."
"My mother doesn't understand anything at all about it," said Sir Felix.
"Women never do. Well;--what can I do for you, now that you are here?"
"Mr. Melmotte, I'm come,--I'm come to;--in short, Mr. Melmotte, I want to propose myself as a suitor for your daughter's hand."
"The d---- you do!"
"Well, yes; and we hope you'll give us your consent."
"She knows you're coming then?"
"Yes;--she knows."

"Your mother was saying to me down in the country that she hoped you attended to the business. I told her that there was nothing to attend to."
"My mother doesn't understand anything about it," said Sir Felix.
"Women never do. Well; what can I do for you?"
"Mr. Melmotte, I'm come - I'm come to - in short, Mr. Melmotte, I want to propose myself as a suitor for your daughter's hand."
"The d____ you do!"
"Well, yes; and we hope you'll give us your consent."
"She knows you're coming then?"
"Yes."
