But I'll tell you one thing, my girls are not made of melted wax, William.

You'll be a wise man, and a strong man, if you get a ring on their fingers, if they don't want it there.

Sophia will say very soft and sweet, 'No, thank you, father;' and you'll move Scawfell and Langdale Pikes before you get her beyond it.

As for Charlotte, you yourself will stand 'making' better than she will.

And you know that nothing short of an earthquake can lift you an inch outside your own way." And perhaps Sandal thought the hyperbole a compliment; for he smiled a little, and walked away, with what his wife privately called "a peacocky air," saying something about "Greek meeting Greek" as he did so.