She gave Adolphe a sharp lecture one day for some lack of respect in his manner to "Miss Margery"; and, on the other hand, she taught me to curtsy at the door where I breakfasted with Mr.and Mrs.Vandaleur.
Some dancing lessons that I had had in Riflebury helped me here, and Elspeth was well satisfied with my performance.

I felt very shy and awkward the first time that I made my morning curtsy, my knees shaking under me, and Elspeth watching from the passage; but my great-grandfather and mother seemed to take it as a matter of course, and I soon became quite used to it.

If Mr.Vandaleur happened to be standing in the room, he always returned my curtsy by a low bow.
I became very fond of my great-grandfather.

He was a tall, handsome old man, with high shoulders, slightly bent by age and also by habit.

He wore a blue coat with brass buttons, that had been very well made a very long time ago; white trousers, a light waistcoat, a frilled shirt, and a very stiff cravat.