persuadest

Updated: May 19, 2025

"Well, my dear, I did not assert that it was. I only asked." "Well, then, if you only asked for information, De Benyon, I will tell you that it is not too low, and I think you will acknowledge that on this point my opinion ought to be decisive; for if I have no other merit, I have at least the merit of being the best-dressed woman in London." "Verily thou persuadest me, Susannah," replied I.

Frederick Marryat - Japhet, in Search of a Father