Mr.Dubourg, my daughter possesses this; my daughter possesses that." So he went on, all round the room.

Oscar appeared to feel a little daunted by the overwhelming attentions of his new friend.

Lucilla was, as I could see, secretly irritated at finding herself authorized by her father to pay those attentions to Oscar which she would have preferred offering to him of her own accord.

As for me, I was already beginning to weary of the patronizing politeness of the little priest with the big voice.

It was a relief to us all, when a message on domestic affairs arrived in the midst of the proceedings from Mrs.Finch, requesting to see her husband immediately on the rectory side of the house.
Forced to leave us, Reverend Finch made his farewell speech; taking Oscar's hand into a kind of paternal custody in both his own hands.