"There is one other thing I think I ought to say, papa.

If Lady Cantrip speaks to me about Mr.Tregear, I can only tell her what I have told you.

I shall never give him up." When he heard this he turned angrily from her, almost stamping his foot upon the ground, when she quietly left the room.
Cruel! She had told him that he would be cruel, if he opposed her love.

He thought he knew of himself that he could not be cruel,--even to a fly, even to a political opponent.

There could be no cruelty without dishonesty, and did he not always struggle to be honest?
Cruel to his own daughter!.