Wretch! I shan’t allow you to take a rise out of me! I want to talk to you about Jane!”<br />“Who the devil is—Oh, yes, I know! One of your girls!”<br />“My eldest daughter, and, let me remind you, your niece, Alverstoke!”<br />“Unjust, Louisa, I needed no reminder!”<br />“I am bringing the dear child out this season,”[...]<br />“You’ll have to do something about her freckles—if she’s the one I think she is,” he interrupted. “Have you tried citron-water?”<br />“I didn’t invite you to come here to discuss Jane’s appearance!” she snapped.<br />“Well, why did you invite me?”<br />“To ask you to hold a ball in her honour—at Alverstoke House!” she disclosed, rushing her fence.<br />“To do <i>what</i>?