Indeed, the kannakippers have no greater enemies than the latter.

And no wonder: the impertinent varlets, popping into their houses at all hours, are forever prying into their peccadilloes.
Kooloo, who at times was patriotic and pensive, and mourned the evils under which his country was groaning, frequently inveighed against the statute which thus authorized an utter stranger to interfere with domestic arrangements.

He himself--quite a ladies' man--had often been annoyed thereby.

He considered the kannakippers a bore.
Beside their confounded inquisitiveness, they add insult to injury, by making a point of dining out every day at some hut within the limits of their jurisdiction.

As for the gentleman of the house, his meek endurance of these things is amazing.