She wouldn't have me when I first asked her--that was a week ago.

She said no; she'd disgrace me.

If you can't respect her as you would any other woman, never come into my lodging!' Sidney was warm with generous glow.

He wrung Hewett's hand and stammered incoherent words.
John took new lodgings in an obscure part of Clerkenwell, and seemed to have become a young man once more.

His complaints ceased; the energy with which he went about his work was remarkable.