But there are some things I can't stand, and the impertinence of Grimes is one of them.

Jove! he looked at you, out of those fishy eyes, sometimes as though he owned you.

If you knew how many times I've fairly ached to knock him down!" Inwardly Barbara was weakening a little before his masterfulness.

But she gave no sign.
"And it never occurred to you," she said, with that exasperating coldness of the voice, "that I was equal to the situation.

I suppose you thought Mr.Grimes had only to beckon and I would joyfully answer.
I'll have you know, Monty Brewster, right now, that I am quite able to choose my friends, and to handle them.