Trustees couldn't have allowed such an investment.' The same day Sibyl bought a fur for her neck which cost fifteen guineas.

The weather was turning cold, and she had an account at the shop.
That afternoon, too, she went to see her mother, and on returning at six o'clock looked into the library, where Hugh sat by the fire, a book in his hand.

Carnaby found the days very long just now.

He shunned his clubs, the Metropolitan and the Ramblers', because of a fear that his connection with the 'Britannia' was generally known; to hear talk on the subject would make him savage.

He was grievously perturbed in mind by his position and prospects; and want of exercise had begun to affect his health.