"I cannot fix on the hour or the spot or the look or the words which laid the foundation. It istoo long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.""My beauty you had early withstood and as for my manners my behaviour to you was atleast always bordering on the uncivil and I never spoke to you without rather wishing to give youpain than not. Now be sincere; did you admire me for my impertinence?""For the liveliness of your mind I did."