But her mother has the cunning of the devil.

There is a serious reason for controlling yourself." He spoke so earnestly that he startled her.

"Are you angry with me ?" she asked.
"Angry! Does the man live who could be angry with you ?" "It might be better for both of us if you _were_ angry with me.

I have to control myself; I will try again.

Oh, if you only knew what I suffer when Mrs.Linley is kind to me!" He persisted in trying to rouse her to a sense of the danger that threatened them, while the visitors remained in the house.