[It's a good performance - that much Jade can be proud of. He's still not convinced. But at least he doesn't show his suspicion.]

I'd thought that you would have changed your mind by now. After all, doesn't that sound like a particularly lowly position for a Curtiss girl? You and your sister should be the stars of the dance. Not to mention, it's good preparation for the times to come. [The time for her to be married, into some other upper class family.]