"She is going to stay upstairs; I fear something has gone wrong with her." "She and I had some words this morning," answered he, "and that happens so seldom, that she is a little upset, that is all." "I hope there is nothing serious, brother," said Miss Thornton.
"No; I have only been telling her that she must give up receiving George Hawker here.

And she seems to have taken a sort of fancy to his society, which might have grown to something more serious.

So I am glad I spoke in time." "My dear brother, do you think you have spoken in time?
I have always imagined that you had determined, for some reason which I was not master of, that she should look on Mr.Hawker as her future husband.

I am afraid you will have trouble.

Mary is selfwilled." Mary was very self-willed.