Dobbin drew back rather confusedly, "I--I beg your pardon, m'am," he said; "but I am bound to tell you that it is not as your friend that I am come here now."

Dobbin drew back rather confusedly.
"I - I beg your pardon, m'am," he said; "but I am bound to tell you that it is not as your friend that I am come here."
