"At least I don't want the people about here to know about it.

And if you come to think of it, things being as they are, Loudwater would probably make himself more infernally disagreeable to me than he does at present.

He'd not only try to take it out of me to annoy you, but it's just as likely as not that he would consider my getting engaged to you as poaching on his preserves--infernal cheek.

He's the most hopelessly vain and unreasonable sweep in the British Isles." "I shouldn't be a bit surprised if he did.

He couldn't possibly help being a dog in the manger," she said thoughtfully.