You have a spine of steel and fire in your eyes, Rosalie. To have such a quality, one must be shaken to the foundation of one’s soul and put back together. I want to know...

I would feel much better about this whole affair if you would slap me and get it over with. I know you want to.

Dickens must have first heard his famous The law is an ass quote from a woman. And she was damned right, for all the good it did her.