What I want to know is, what good _you_ have found.' 'A great deal, else I shouldn't have asked her to marry me.' A vein of stubbornness, unmistakable inheritance from Stephen Lord, had begun to appear in the youth's speech and bearing.

He kept his head bent, and moved it a little from side to side.
'Do you think her an exception in the family, then ?' 'She's a great deal better in every way than her sisters.

But I don't think as badly of them as you do.' Mr.Lord stepped to the door, and out into the passage, where he shouted in his deep voice 'Nancy!' The girl quickly appeared.
'Shut the door, please,' said her father.

All three were now standing about the room.

'Your brother has brought me a piece of news.