"Yes, mamma."
"Without even asking me?"
"Mamma, you knew. I will not marry him without asking you. How was I not to tell him when he asked me whether I--loved him?"
"Marry him! How is it possible you should marry him? Whatever he had got was in that affair of Melmotte's, and that has gone to the dogs. He is a ruined man, and for aught I know may be compromised in all Melmotte's wickedness."
"Oh, mamma, do not say that!"

"Yes, mamma."
"Without even asking me?"
"Mamma, you knew. I will not marry him without asking you."
"Marry him! How is it possible you should marry him? He is a ruined man, and for all I know he may be compromised in Melmotte's wickedness."
"Oh, mamma, do not say that!"
