They would be more at ease in the society of a young gentleman more nearly their own age." "Kenneth is a bear.

He is constantly saying disagreeable things.

In other words, he is not gentlemanly, and the girls shall have nothing to do with him." "Very well," said the lawyer, quietly.
"Which of my nieces do you prefer ?" asked the old lady, after a pause.
"I cannot say, on so short an acquaintance," he answered, with gravity.

"Which do you prefer, Jane ?" "They are equally unsatisfactory," she answered.

"I cannot imagine Elmhurst belonging to either, Silas." Then she added, with an abrupt change of manner: "You must go to New York for me, at once." "Tonight ?" "No; tomorrow morning.