That is the matter, Alice." "Charlotte ?" "Yes." "And Stephen Latrigg ?" "Yes." "I thought as much.

Opportunity is a dangerous thing." "My word! To hear you talk, one would think it was matterless how our girls married." "It is never matterless how any girl marries, squire; and our Charlotte"-- "Oh, I thought Charlotte was a child yet! How could I tell there was danger at Up-Hill?
You ought to have looked better after your daughters.
See that she doesn't go near-hand Latrigg's again." "I wouldn't be so foolish, William.

It's a deal better not to notice.
Make no words about it; and, if you don't like Stephen, send Charlotte away a bit.

Half of young people's love-affairs is just because they are handy to each other." "'Like Stephen!' It is more than a matter of liking, as you know very well.

If Harry Sandal goes on as he has been going, there will be little enough left for the girls; and they must marry where money will not be wanted.