She had a way of speaking her mind on all occasions which was by no means agreeable to the bailiff.

If he drank too much overnight, she took care to tell him of it early next morning.
If he went about slovenly and unshaven, her sharp tongue took notice of the fact.

Yet with all this, she waited upon him, and provided for his comfort in a most dutiful manner.

She saved his money by her dexterous management of the household, and was in all practical matters a very treasure among daughters.

William Carley liked comfort, and liked money still better, and he was quite aware that his daughter was valuable to him, though he was careful not to commit himself by any expression of that opinion.
He knew her value so well that he was jealously averse to the idea of her marrying and leaving him alone at the Grange.