'Please tell Mrs.Eldon that I hope she will take her own time.' On reflection this seemed rather an ill-chosen phrase; he bettered it.

'I should be very sorry if she inconvenienced herself on my account.' 'Confound the fellow's impudence!' was Hubert's mental comment.

'He plays the forbearing landlord.' His spoken reply was: 'It is very kind of you.

I foresee no difficulty in completing the removal on Monday.' In view of Mutimer's self-command, Hubert began to be aware that his own constraint might carry the air of petty resentment Fear of that drove him upon a topic he would rather have left alone.
'You are changing the appearance of the valley,' he said, veiling by his tone the irony which was evident in his choice of words.
Richard glanced at him, then walked to the window, with his hands in his pockets, and gave himself the pleasure of a glimpse of the furnace-chimney above the opposite houses.

He laughed.
'I hope to change it a good deal more.