"Yes, I did this afternoon exactly as she says.

I am fully aware of the fact." "And, pray, who was the gentleman to whom you were so very rude ?" asked Dr.Grey, smiling.
Christian replied without any hesitation--and oh! how thankful that she was able to do so-- "It was Sir Edwin Uniacke." But she was not prepared for the start and flash of sudden anger with which her husband heard the name.
"What! has he called at my house?
That is more effrontery than I gave him credit for." "Effrontery!" repeated Miss Gascoigne, indignantly.

"It is no effrontery in a gentleman of his rank and fortune, a visitor at Avonsbridge, to pay a call at Saint Bede's Lodge.

Besides, I gave him permission to do so.
He was exceedingly civil to me last night, and I must say he is one of the pleasantest young men I have met for a long time.

What do you know against him ?" "What do I know ?" echoed the master, and stopped.