I would give a good deal if he had not written it.

It is certainly badly worded, though why he should feel any malice, towards the other, is more than I can tell." His companion was about to speak, but thought better of it, and, without another word, went to break the news to Mrs.Walsham.
Mrs.Walsham was terribly upset.

After suffering her to cry for some time in silence, Mr.Wilks said: "My dear madam, I know that this news must distress you terribly; but it may be that in this, as in all things, a providence has overruled your plans for your son, for his own good.

I will tell you now what you would never have known had this affair never occurred.

Jim, at heart, hates his father's profession.