They have wronged our house for three generations, and my father has suffered greater injury at their hands than any of our name.

Let us not talk of the hateful subject." We changed the topic.

I had expected Dorothy to invite me to go with her to meet Lady Crawford, but the girl seemed disinclined to leave the tap-room.

The Peacock was her father's property, and the host and hostess were her friends after the manner of persons in their degree.

Therefore Dorothy felt at liberty to visit the tap-room quite as freely as if it had been the kitchen of Haddon Hall.
During our conversation I had frequently noticed Dorothy glancing slyly in the direction of the fireplace; but my back was turned that way, and I did not know, nor did it at first occur to me to wonder what attracted her attention.