He owes something to the man who may stand in his shoes, after all." Hester lifted her slow eyes again.
"You've not much of a chance now," she said.

"She's a fine healthy woman." Osborn sprang up and paced the floor, set upon by a sudden spasm of impotent rage.

He snapped his teeth rather like a dog.
"Oh! curse her!" he gave forth.

"The great, fresh-coloured lumping brute! What did she come into it for?
Of all the devilish things that can happen to a man, the worst is to be born to the thing I was born to.
To know through your whole life that you're just a stone's-throw from rank and wealth and splendour, and to have to live and look on as an outsider.

Upon my word, I've felt more of an outsider just because of it.