"What I was going to observe, my dear Madam,"--here the resolute Clump once more interposed with a bland air--"what I was going to observe when you gave utterance to sentiments which do you so much honour, was that I think you alarm yourself needlessly about our kind friend, and sacrifice your own health too prodigally in her favour."

"What I was going to observe, my dear Madam," the resolute Clump interposed, "was that I think you alarm yourself needlessly about our kind friend, and sacrifice your own health too much."
