I have a headache, and want to go to bed." "You have been in very good spirits, considering your headache," he replied, in the same incredulous tone.

"It has come on rather suddenly, has it not ?" When they went into the drawing-room they found that Constance had awakened her mother, and had already given her an account of their walk.
Jasper added a description of what he had just witnessed.

"I have not laughed so much for a long time," he said, in conclusion.

"He is usually such a steady sort of fellow." "I see nothing very amusing in the antics of a drunken workman," said the Countess.

"How you could have left Marian in his care even for a moment I am at a loss to conceive." "He was not drunk, indeed," said Marian.
"Certainly not," said Jasper, rather indignantly.