I'm ashamed of myself." "Wait a moment.

Will you be civil enough to do something for him at the Patroons?
That will mean something." "Is he up?
Yes, I will;" and, turning in his chair, he said to Plank: "Awfully sorry I acted like a bounder just now, after having accepted your hospitality at the Fells.

I did mean to be offensive, and I'm sorry for that, too.

Hope you'll overlook it, and be friendly." Plank's face took on the dark-red hue of embarrassment; he looked questioningly at Mortimer, whose visage remained non-committal, then directly at O'Hara.
"I should be very glad to be friends with you," he said with an ingenuous dignity that surprised Mortimer.

It was only the native simplicity of the man, veneered and polished by constant contact with Mrs.Mortimer, and now showing to advantage in the grain.