It isn't any great matter, any way.

We'd better keep on good terms with them, if they're to live under the same roof with us, that's all." "Oh, yes," replied Mrs.White.

"Much better to be on neighborly terms.

The old mother is a childish old thing, though.

She'd bore me to death, if she came in often." "Yes, indeed, she is a bore, sure enough," said Stephen; "but she's so simple, and so much like a child you can't help pitying her." They fenced very well, these two, with their respective secrets to keep; but the man fenced best, his secret being the most momentous to shield from discovery.