Professor van der Linden advises us not to challenge climate deniers directly, and never to throw insults – to say offensive, hurtful things directly to someone.
Any mention of her 'works' always had a bad effect upon Jo, who either grew rigid and looked offended, or changed the subject with a brusque remark, as now.
He could not have, for a woman who had already refused him once, had become a relative of Wickham's! Oh, how she suffered to remember all the impudent things she had said in the past.
Her mistress is forced to remind her of all she has done for her, and at that, if you please, Barbro falls to answering back, ay, so foolish was she, saying impertinent things.
He spoke well, but there were feelings besides those of the heart to be detailed, and he was not more eloquent on the subject of tenderness than of pride.
And if you need to, when someone says something really rude, just take a moment, take a deep breath, count to 10, so that you can think clearly about what you want to say and how you want to respond.