Dogs have turned against their masters, and even Neapolitans against their rulers, when oppression has been too severe.

And Dr.Proudie feels within himself that if the cord be drawn too tight, he also can muster courage and resist.
The state of vassalage in which our bishop has been kept by his wife has not tended to exalt his character in the eyes of his daughters, who assume in addressing their father too much of that authority which is not properly belonging, at any rate, to them.

They are, on the whole, fine engaging young ladies.

They are tall and robust like their mother, whose high cheek-bones, and--we may say auburn hair they all inherit.

They think somewhat too much of their grand-uncles, who have not hitherto returned the compliment by thinking much of them.
But now that their father is a bishop, it is probable that family ties will be drawn closer.