I never heard anybody cry so heart-brokenly." Here the good woman's own eyes filled.
"What's the use of pretending ?" she went on sorrowfully.

"You haven't spoken to her kindly since you came home.

Do you suppose I'm blind to that?
You weren't a bad husband to the poor child's mother; why can't you be a good father to her ?" "Perhaps you might begin by asking her to be a good daughter to me." "What has she done ?" "The night before I went away she ran to a fire and behaved there like a common street hoyden.

The ladies of the Carewe family have not formerly acquired a notoriety of that kind." "Bah!" said Mrs.Tanberry.
"The next morning, when I taxed her with it, she dutifully defied and insulted me." "I can imagine the delicacy with which you 'taxed' her.

What has that to do with your devilish tantrums of this afternoon, Robert Carewe ?" "I am obliged to you for the expression," he returned.