Sir Charles stared at him in return.

This was observed.

People were uncomfortable, especially Mrs.Hardwicke, whose thoughtlessness was to blame for it all.
At a very early hour Sir Charles ordered his carriage, and drove home, instead of staying all night.
Mrs.Hardwicke, being a fool, must make a little more mischief.

She blubbered to her husband, and he wrote Sir Charles a remonstrance.
Sir Charles replied that he was the only person aggrieved; Mr.
Hardwicke ought not to have invited a blackguard to meet _him._ Mr.Hardwicke replied that he had never heard a Bassett called a blackguard before, and had seen nothing in Mr.Bassett to justify an epithet so unusual among gentlemen.

"And, to be frank with you, Sir Charles," said he, "I think this bitterness against a poor gentleman, whose estates you are so fortunate as to possess, is not consistent with your general character, and is, indeed, unworthy of you." To this Sir Charles Bassett replied: "DEAR MR.