She replied, 'It is best, when one is too weak to resist, to submit to an outrage quietly.' General Pierson at once took the position assigned to him; it was not an agreeable one.

Between Carlo and the lieutenant no attempt at conversation was made.
The General addressed his nephew in English.

'Did you see the girl behind the scenes, Wilfrid ?' The answer was 'No.' 'Pericles has her fast shut up in the Tyrol: the best habitat for her if she objects to a whipping.

Did you see Irma ?' 'No; she has disappeared too.' 'Then I suppose we must make up our minds to an opera without head or tail.

As Pat said of the sack of potatoes, "'twould be a mighty fine beast if it had them."' The officers had taken refuge in their opera-glasses, and spoke while gazing round the house.
'If neither this girl nor Irma is going to appear, there is no positive necessity for my presence here,' said the General, reduced to excuse himself to himself.