"My love," said Richard, "there is no one with whom I have a greater wish to talk than you, for I want you to understand me."
"And I want you, Richard," said I, shaking my head, "to understand some one else."
"Since you refer so immediately to John Jarndyce," said Richard, "--I suppose you mean him?"
"Of course I do."
"Then I may say at once that I am glad of it, because it is on that subject that I am anxious to be understood. By you, mind--you, my dear! I am not accountable to Mr. Jarndyce or Mr. Anybody."
I was pained to find him taking this tone, and he observed it.

"My love," said Richard, "there is no one with whom I wish to talk more than you, for I want you to understand me."
"And I want you, Richard," said I, shaking my head, "to understand some one else."
"I suppose you mean John Jarndyce?"
"Of course I do."
"Then I may say at once that I am glad of it, because it is on that subject that I am anxious to be understood - by you, my dear! I am not accountable to Mr. Jarndyce or Mr. Anybody."
I was pained to find him taking this tone, and he observed it.
