Is there anything amiss ?' 'I think we agreed on a month's notice, on either side.

I should be glad if you would kindly accept my notice as from to-day.' The Squire rose violently, and thrust back his chair.
'So that's what you have been cogitating in my absence ?' 'Not at all,' said Elizabeth mildly.

'I have made a complete list of the passages you asked for.' She pointed to her table.
'Yet all the time you were planning this move--you were making up your mind what to do ?' She hesitated.
'I was often afraid it would have to be done,' she said at last.
'And pray may I ask your reasons ?' The Squire's tone was sarcastic.
'I should like to know in what I have failed to satisfy you.

I suppose you thought I was rude to you this morning ?' 'Oh, that didn't matter,' she said hastily.

'The fact is, Mr.
Mannering,' she crossed her hands quietly in front of her, 'you put responsibilities on me that I am not prepared to carry.