There is very little left of me.

I had no idea your niece had such a taste for argument, Cunliffe.

I take it rather unkindly that I was not warned off the track.' 'So you two have been quarrelling.' And Uncle Max looked a little vexed.
'What a fellow you are, Hamilton, for stroking a person the wrong way! Of course Ursula has believed all your cross-grained remarks ?' 'Swallowed them whole and entire; and a fit of moral indigestion is the result.

Well, I must be going; but first let me administer a palliative, Miss Garston.

What time do you have breakfast?
If it be before ten, I shall be happy to introduce you to a very eligible case.' I would have given much to dispense with Mr.Hamilton's patronage; but under the circumstances it would have been absurd to refuse his offer.
I could not sacrifice my work to my temper; but I recognised with a sinking heart that Mr.Hamilton would cross my daily path.