Why, man, I'm not accustomed to receive presents, even as a proxy; I haven't had one since I was a schoolboy.' 'That's an audacious statement.

When you told me that Miss Wheatley never allowed your birthday to pass without sending something.' 'Oh, Fanny! But I have never thought of Fanny as a separate person.
Upon my word, now I think of it, I never have.

Fanny and I have been one for ages.' That evening the sisters arrived from their country home.

Micklethwaite gave up the house to them, and went to a lodging.
It was with no little curiosity that, on the appointed morning, Barfoot repaired to South Tottenham.

He had seen a photograph of Miss Wheatley, but it dated from seventeen years ago.