He makes me so angry that I cannot hold my tongue.
He thinks that because all the place is his, he is to say just what he likes.

Why should mamma go up there to please his humours ?" "You may be sure that mamma will do what she thinks best.

She is stronger-minded than Uncle Christopher, and does not want any one to help her.

But, Lily, you shouldn't speak as though I were careless about mamma.

You didn't mean that, I know." "Of course I didn't." Then the two girls joined their mother in their own little domain; but we will return to the men at the Great House.
Crosbie, when he went up to dress for dinner, fell into one of those melancholy fits of which I have spoken.