"There is a tendency I think at present to give them an undue importance.

When our amusements become more serious to us than our business, we must be going astray." "I suppose we always are going astray," said Miss Mellerby.

Lady Scroope sighed and shook her head; but in shaking it she shewed that she completely agreed with the opinion expressed by her guest.
As there were only two horses to be inspected, and as Fred Neville absolutely refused the groom's invitation to look at the old carriage horses belonging to the family, he was back in his aunt's room before Miss Mellerby had gone upstairs to dress for dinner.

The introduction was made, and Fred did his best to make himself agreeable.

He was such a man that no girl could, at the first sight of him, think herself injured by being asked to love him.