“Whatisthematter？“askedherladyship，intheheavytoneofonehalf-roused；“Iwasnotasleep。“
“Ohdear，no，ma’am，nobodysuspectedyou!Well，Edmund，“
hecontinued，returningtotheformersubject，posture，andvoice，assoonasLadyBertrambegantonodagain，“but_this_I_will_maintain，thatweshallbedoingnoharm。“
“Icannotagreewithyou；Iamconvincedthatmyfatherwouldtotallydisapproveit。“
“AndIamconvincedtothecontrary。Nobodyisfonderoftheexerciseoftalentinyoungpeople，orpromotesitmore，thanmyfather，andforanythingoftheacting，spouting，recitingkind，Ithinkhehasalwaysadecidedtaste。