They were not quite so tall, and the elder of the blonde pair was not nearly so slim, but had something of womanly deliberation and dignity about her.

She was plainly the eldest of the three sisters, as the little maid beside her was the youngest.
All three were engrossed in some sort of talk that appeared full of interest for them.
"I wish he would not do it," said Philip, turning his eyes in an easterly direction, towards a hollow in the falling ground, where the ruins of the ancient wall could still be dimly traced.

The old Gate House itself could not be seen from this side of the house, but it was plain that the thoughts of all had turned in that direction.

"It is brave of him to obey his conscience rather than his father; but yon man is such a veritable tiger, that I fear me there will be dark work there betwixt them if the lad provoke him too far.

Nicholas Trevlyn is not one to be defied with impunity.