This he did without the slightest hesitation, as though it were the most natural thing in the world for him to do.

She was his cousin, and cousins of course addressed each other in that way.

Clara's quick eye immediately saw her father's slight gesture of dismay, but Belton caught nothing of this.

The squire took an early opportunity of calling him Mr.Belton with some little peculiarity of expression; but this was altogether lost upon Will, who five times in the next five minutes addressed "Clara" as though they were already on the most intimate terms.

She would have answered him in the same way, and would have called him Will, had she not been afraid of offending her father.
Mr.Amedroz had declared his purpose of coming down to breakfast during the period of his cousin's visit, and at half-past nine he was in the parlour.