on emily

Realizing the futility of words, Emily decided on action. [money for nothing]

When people trod on Emily, she expected them immediately to fuss over her, and the same procedure seemed to be in order when they hit her on the nose with doors. Waiting expectantly, therefore, for Colonel Wyvern to do the square thing, she was stunned to find that he apparently had no intention of even apologizing. He was brushing past without a word, and all the woman in Emily rose in revolt against such boorishness. [money for nothing]