"Oh dear, no."
"It would be very odd if you did, when you may be the wife of such a man as Mr. Crumb."
"Oh, Mr. Crumb! Everybody is going on about Mr. Crumb. I don't like Mr. Crumb, and I never will like him."
"Now look here, Ruby; I have come to speak to you very seriously, and I expect you to hear me. Nobody can make you marry Mr. Crumb, unless you please."
"Nobody can't, of course, sir."
"But I fear you have given him up for somebody else, who certainly won't marry you, and who can only mean to ruin you."

"Oh dear, no."
"It would be very odd if you did, when you may be the wife of such a man as Mr. Crumb."
"Oh, Mr. Crumb! Everybody is going on about Mr. Crumb. I don't like him and I never will like him."
"Now look here, Ruby; I have come to speak to you very seriously. Nobody can make you marry Mr. Crumb. But I fear you have given him up for somebody else, who certainly won't marry you, and who can only mean to ruin you."
