'I had forgotten all about it.

Well, anyway, we have lost a great deal of time.' His voice conveyed reproach.

His greenish eyes were fierily bent upon her.
Elizabeth sat down at her table without reply, and chose a pen.

The morning's work generally consisted of descriptions of vases and bronzes in the Mannering collection, dictated by the Squire, and illustrated often by a number of references to classical writers, given both in Greek and English.

The labour of looking out and verifying the references was considerable, and the Squire's testy temper was never more testy than when it was quarrelling with the difficulties of translation.
'Kindly take down,' he said peremptorily.
Elizabeth began: '"No.