That alone would be sufficient to justify me in dismissing her.
"She's a very clever girl," said Mrs. Evelyn dismissing the subject.
"Thank you, mother," replied Louis, bowing respectfully to the queen. "Thank you Monsieur, Fouquet," said he, dismissing the superintendent civilly.
Instead of dismissing his fulsome nonsense with a contemptuous smile, Lady Georgina perked herself up with a conscious air of coquetry, and asked for more.