"Don't mind us, please don't! Malcolm and I understand.

That is, we know how you feel and--" "Oh, but you _don't_ know, Mrs.Dunn," cried Caroline, almost in tears.
"You don't understand! It's so much worse than you think.

I--I--Oh, why did father do it?
How could he be so inconsiderate ?" "There! there!" purred the friend of the family.

"You mustn't, you know.
You really mustn't.

Who is this man?
This uncle?
Where does he come from?
Why does he force himself upon you in this way?
I didn't know your poor father had a brother." "Neither did we," growled Stephen, savagely.