The honest English tongue was never made to speak French like a Frenchman.

Let up on it a little." "Yes, sir," said Hildebrand Anne.
"But you ought to do something, don't you know ?" said Lord Crosland.
"The child's very pretty, and nice, and sweet, and all that.

It would be no end of a shame if she came to grief with that bounder Courtnay." "I won't stir a finger," said Sir Tancred firmly, "for two reasons.
One, Bumpkin Wigram helped my stepmother spoil my early life; two, if this bounder Courtnay has got round Bumpkin words would be wasted.
Bumpkin is as dense and as obstinate as any clodhopper who ever chawed bacon." "But she's a pretty child and worth saving," said Lord Crosland.

"What do you think, Tinker ?" "I should think she was rather inexperienced," said Hildebrand Anne, with admirable judgment.
"Solomon, va!" said Lord Crosland, clutching the boy's ribs, and drawing from him a sudden yell.
"Well, come along; we have a hard day's work before us," said Sir Tancred; and the two of them rose and strolled off towards the Temple of Fortune.
They left Tinker sitting still and thoughtful, the prey of a case of conscience.

He knew the story of his father's marriage, his separation from his wife by the action of Lady Beauleigh and Sir Everard.