She rang for the maid.

"Take that thing away and wash it well, and put in fresh sawdust twice a day." "I hope John has been a good host," she said, as Grey entered the hall.
"Couldn't be better, and I have had some delightful rides.

I found the mills interesting--in fact, most instructive." He spoke in short childlike sentences unless excited by politics.
Mrs.Ann noted without surprise the free use of whisky, and later the appreciative frequency of resort to Penhallow's Madeira.

A glass of wine at lunch and after dinner were her husband's sole indulgence.

The larger potations of her cousin in no way affected him.