I feel this a trouble; I want to be good to them; but there always seems a barrier that one cannot break down.

I suppose,' with intense bitterness, 'they lay the blame of that poor boy's death at my door, as though I would not give my right hand to have him back again.' 'Oh no, Mr.Hamilton,' I exclaimed, shocked to hear him speak in this way, 'things are not so bad as that.

I know Gladys would be more to you if she could.' But he turned upon me almost fiercely.
'Do not tell me that,' he said harshly, 'for I cannot believe you.

Gladys cared more for Eric's little finger than the whole of us put together; she looks upon me as his destroyer, as a hard taskmaster who oppressed him and drove him out of his home.

Oh, you want to contradict me; you would tell me how gentle Gladys is, and how submissive.