"Then let there be no more about it."
"Yes; there must be more about it. I did not understand you when you accepted Mr. Grey. Against him I have not a whisper to make. He may be perfect for aught I know. But, knowing you as I thought I did, I could not understand your loving such a man as him. It was as though one who had lived on brandy should take himself suddenly to a milk diet,--and enjoy the change! A milk diet is no doubt the best. But men who have lived on brandy can't make those changes very suddenly. They perish in the attempt."

"Then let there be no more about it."
"Yes; there must be more about it. I did not understand you when you accepted Mr. Grey. He may be perfect for all I know. But I could not understand your loving such a man as him. It was as though one who had lived on brandy should take himself suddenly to a milk diet! A milk diet is no doubt the best. But men who have lived on brandy can't make those changes suddenly. They perish in the attempt."
