"Who knows what may happen to him ?" said the Countess.
"Ah, indeed! But we are all in the hands of the Almighty." And the Earl bowed his head.

Lady Scroope, fully recognizing the truth of her husband's pious ejaculation, nevertheless thought that human care might advantageously be added to the divine interposition for which, as she well knew, her lord prayed fervently as soon as the words were out of his mouth.
"But it would be so great a thing if he could be settled.

Sophia Mellerby has promised to come here for a couple of months in the winter.
He could not possibly do better than that." "The Mellerbys are very good people," said the Earl.

"Her grandmother, the duchess, is one of the very best women in England.

Her mother, Lady Sophia, is an excellent creature,--religious, and with the soundest principles.