"He has run a course of despicable, commonplace profligacy. Accept that as the first reason why I spurn him."
"Miss Keeldar, you shock me!"
"That conduct alone sinks him in a gulf of immeasurable inferiority. His intellect reaches no standard I can esteem: there is a second stumbling-block. His views are narrow, his feelings are blunt, his tastes are coarse, his manners vulgar."
"The man is a respectable, wealthy man! To refuse him is presumption on your part."
"I refuse point-blank! Cease to annoy me with the subject; I forbid it!"

"He has been despicably profligate. Accept that as the first reason why I spurn him."
"Miss Keeldar, you shock me!"
"That conduct alone sinks him in a gulf of immeasurable inferiority. I cannot esteem his intellect: there is a second stumbling-block. His views are narrow, his feelings are blunt, his tastes are coarse, his manners vulgar."
"He is a respectable, wealthy man! To refuse him is presumptuous."
"I refuse point-blank! Cease to annoy me with the subject; I forbid it!"
