"And you let these unpleasant ones terrorise your children ?" "Well, what can I do ?" said Mrs.Gibson.

"My husband would have stopped it, if he had been down here; but he isn't.

I have spoken to one or two men, acquaintances, about it.

But they seem afraid to interfere." "We are getting too highly civilised," said the Honourable John Ruffin in a melancholy tone.

"The fine old English spirit is dying out; and they're afraid of getting into the papers.