Sir Charles was angry at first because she invited him here, and we were all surprised at it.

The man has a bad reputation, and headed a mob that threw down the walls of the park; and we hardly thought he would be cool enough to come after that.

But he does not seem to care whether we want him or not; and he comes when he likes.

As he talks cleverly, we find him a godsend in this dull place.
It is really not such a paradise as you seem to think, but you need not be afraid of my returning any sooner than I can help.
"Your affectionate daughter, "Gertrude Lindsay." When Gertrude had closed this letter, and torn up her father's, she thought little more about either.

They might have made her unhappy had they found her happy, but as hopeless discontent was her normal state, and enjoyment but a rare accident, recriminatory passages with her father only put her into a bad humor, and did not in the least disappoint or humiliate her.
For the sake of exercise, she resolved to carry her letter to the village post office and return along the Riverside Road, whereby she had seen hemlock growing.