That kind of thing doesn't interest me much.' 'Indeed! I find it _intensely_ interesting.' Harvey rose; he was in no mood for this kind of small-talk.

But no sooner had he quitted his chair, than Mrs.Abbott threw her book aside, and spoke in another tone, seriously, though still with a perceptible accent of annoyance.
'Of course that man's children are here, and I suppose it is our duty to provide for them till some other arrangement is made.

But I think we ought to put the matter in the hands of the police.

Don't you, Mr Rolfe ?' 'I'm afraid there's small chance of making their father support them.
He is certainly out of England by now, and won't easily be caught.' 'The worst of it is, they are anything but _nice_ children.

What could one expect with such a father?
Since their poor mother died, they have been in the hands of horrible people--low-class landladies, no doubt; their talk shocks me.