'His property! the very clothes upon his back belong to me.' 'Let him alone,' said John.

'I am sick of both of you.' 'That is no way to speak of your uncle, sir,' cried Joseph.

'I will not endure this disrespect.

You are a pair of exceedingly forward, impudent, and ignorant young men, and I have quite made up my mind to put an end to the whole business.'.
'O skittles!' said the graceful John.
But Morris was not so easy in his mind.

This unusual act of insubordination had already troubled him; and these mutinous words now sounded ominously in his ears.