M'lady

[…]when people living in the same social set m’lorded and m’ladied each other with much frequency.

[…]lavishly “M’Ladyed,” as was the fashion of the day.

Then he was coming down the slope to her, m’ladying her again: “It’s the lady who telephoned, m’lady. I wasn’t sure whether you would wish to receiver her, m’lady. So I asked her to wait in the hall until I ascertained whether you had returned, m’lady”.

Fanny (how much Tom had told her about Fanny) m’ladied her and took her cloak.

“[…]Please get out of the habit of m’ladying me, once and for all, and reserve it for Grandmama.” “Yes, m’lady!” “There you go again!”

If only she could get him to stop m’ladying her...