"Courage!" said he "What is it you think I am afraid of? Mr. Palliser? I'd fight him,--or all the Pallisers, one after another, if it would do any good."
"Fighting! There's no fighting wanted, as you know well enough. Men don't fight nowadays. Look here! If you can get her to call here some day,--say on Thursday, at three o'clock,--I will be here to receive her; and instead of going back into her carriage, you can have a cab for her somewhere near. She can come, as it were, to make a morning call."

"Courage!" said he. "What do you think I am afraid of? Mr. Palliser? I'd fight him, if it would do any good."
"There's no fighting wanted, as you know well enough! If you can get her to call here, say on Thursday, at three o'clock, I will be here to receive her; and instead of going back into her carriage, you can have a cab for her somewhere near. She can come, as it were, to make a morning call."
