It's all the fault of the naughty partridges." "There are plenty of partridges if they knew how to get them," said the squire.
"The dogs are uncommonly wild," said Crosbie.
"They are not wild with me," said the squire; "nor yet with Dingles." Dingles was the squire's gamekeeper.

"The fact is, you young men, nowadays, expect to have dogs trained to do all the work for you.
It's too much labour for you to walk up to your game.

You'll be late for dinner, girls, if you don't look sharp." "We're not coming up this evening, sir," said Bell.
"And why not ?" "We're going to stay with mamma." "And why will not your mother come with you?
I'll be whipped if I can understand it.

One would have thought that under the present circumstances she would have been glad to see you all as much together as possible." "We're together quite enough," said Lily.

"And as for mamma, I suppose she thinks--" And then she stopped herself, catching the glance of Bell's imploring eye.