But as at present they are only fourteen and sixteen, I repeat that I do not see that it matters--at least not so very much.
Alice, do you go to your room, and remain there till I send for you." The girl without a word rose and retired.

In the reign of King William the Third implicit obedience was expected of children.
"I think, Richard," Mrs.Anthony went on when the door closed behind her daughter, "you are not acting quite with your usual wisdom in treating this matter in so serious a light, and in putting ideas into the girl's head which would probably never have entered there otherwise.

Of course Alice is fond of Jack.

It is only natural that she should be, seeing that he is her second cousin, and that for two years they have lived together under this roof." "I was a fool, Mistress Anthony," the mayor said angrily, "ever to yield to your persuasions in that matter.

It was unfortunate, of course, that the boy's father, the husband of your Cousin Margaret, should have been turned out of his living by the Sectarians, as befell thousands of other clergymen besides him.