We have known him so long; and how could we refuse to see him ?" "I will not let any one think that I'm afraid to see any man on earth," said Mrs.Trevelyan.

"If he had ever in his life said a word that he should not have said, a word that would have been an insult, of course it would have been different.

But the notion of it is preposterous.

Why should I not have seen him ?" "I think he was wrong to come," said Hugh.
"Of course he was wrong;--wickedly wrong," said Priscilla.
Stanbury, finding that the subject was openly discussed between them, declared plainly the mission that had brought him to Nuncombe.
"Trevelyan heard that he was coming, and asked me to let him know the truth." "Now you can tell him the truth," said Mrs.Trevelyan, with something of indignation in her tone, as though she thought that Stanbury had taken upon himself a task of which he ought to be ashamed.
"But Colonel Osborne came specially to pay a visit to Cockchaffington," said Nora, "and not to see us.

Louis ought to know that." "Nora, how can you demean yourself to care about such trash ?" said Mrs.Trevelyan.