They approached the hall door, and after giving a single knock, it was opened to them by the squire himself, who it would seem had been waiting to receive them privately.

They followed him in silence to his study.
Mr.Folliard, though a healthy-looking man, was, in point of fact, by no means so.

Of a nervous and plethoric habit, though brave, and even intrepid, yet he was easily affected by anything or any person that was disagreeable to him.

On seeing the man whose hand had been raised against his life, and what was still more atrocious, whose criminal designs upon the honor of his daughter had been proved by his violent irruption into her chamber, he felt a suffocating sensation of rage and horror that nearly overcame him.
"Sir Robert," he said, "excuse me; the sight of this man has sickened me.

I got your note, and in your society and at your request I have suffered him to come here; under your protection, too.