"No, and neither was what I did to your sister, so we're quite even, aren't we?" The mask of civility settled over his features.

The problem with attacking Dorian's mother was that he could recognize a weapon when he saw it. "I'm afraid you'll find it was the other way 'round in my family," he told her. "And I don't particularly like to speak ill of the dead. But on the subject, did yours forget to teach you any kind of manner at all?"