The invitation was refused.
(Emma, Chapter 45 / Angel, Season 2, Episode 2)
[S]he was immediately preparing to speak with exquisite calmness and gravity of the weather and the night; but scarcely had she begun, scarcely had they passed the sweep-gate and joined the other carriage, than she found her subject cut up….
(Emma, Chapter 15 / Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 3, Episode 2)