Her face was short, and her forehead, though it was broad and open, had none of that feminine command which Julia's look conveyed.

That Florence's eyes were very bright--bright and soft as well, he allowed; and her dark brown hair was very glossy; but she was, on the whole, a mean-looking little thing.

He could not, as he said to himself on his return home, avoid the comparison, as she was the first girl he had seen since he had parted from Julia Brabazon.
"I hope you'll find yourself comfortable at Stratton, sir," said old Mrs.
Burton.
"Thank you," said Harry, "but I want very little myself in that way.
Anything does for me." "One young gentleman we had took a bedroom at Mrs.Pott's, and did very nicely without any second room at all.

Don't you remember, Mr.B.?
it was young Granger." "Young Granger had a very short allowance," said Mr.Burton.

"He lived upon fifty pounds a year all the time he was here." "And I don't think Scarness had more when he began," said Mrs.Burton.
"Mr.Scarness married one of my girls, Mr.Clavering, when he started himself at Liverpool.