It was a fine chance to get even with Leila for the humiliating adventures of a not very flattering day.
"Well, take care," said the Squire, not altogether amused.

"Come, Ann." Entering the large library room he closed the door, drew over it a curtain, filled his pipe but did not light it, and sat down at the fire beside his wife.
"Well, James," she said, "did you ever see a better mannered lad, and so intelligent ?" "Never--nor any lad who has as good an opinion of his small self.

He is too young for his years, and in some ways too old.

I looked him over a bit.

He is a mere scaffolding, a sickly-looking chap.