Her two daughters rejoiced at their wedding-days, and two out of her three sons she drove away from their home.

Your father was on the point of going, when his brother Launcie's death made him the heir.

Then she gave him a bit more respect, and for pretty Alice Morecombe's sake he stayed by the old squire.

Ten years your mother waited for William Sandal, Charlotte." "Yes, I know." "Do you love Steve, Charlotte?
I am Steve's mother, dear, and you may speak to me as if you were talking to your own heart.

I would never tell Steve either this way or that way for any thing.