'Tell me what he had been saying.'
'Indeed I shall do nothing of the kind. If I told you all he said,
then I should have to tell the next man all that you may say.
Would that be fair?'
'I should not mind,' said Silverbridge.
'I dare say not, because you have nothing particular to say. But
the principle is the same. Lawyers and doctors and parsons talk of
privileged communications. Why should not a young lady have her
privileged communications?'
'But I have something particular to say.'
'I hope not.'
'Why should you hope not?'
'I hate having things said particularly. Nobody likes conversation
so well as I do; but it should never be particular.'
'I was going to tell you that I came back to London yesterday in
the same carriage with old Lady Clanfiddle, and that she swore
that no consideration on earth would ever induce her to go to
Maidenhead again.'
'That isn't particular.'
'She went on to say;--you won't tell of me, will you?'
'It shall be privileged.'
'She went on to say that Americans couldn't be expected to
understand English manners.
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