She believed that a woman is much less likely to wander from the beaten paths of life when her hands are held by a husband, if possible "a quiet sensible man," and her petticoats grasped by several clinging children.
"I'm afraid," said Sir Gilbert, "that she's not likely to meet with any suitable person in Ballymoy, but if she does I'll give her your blessing as well as my own." The fact that Miss King was not likely to meet an eligible man in Ballymoy set Lady Hawkesby's thoughts working in a fresh direction.
"I am sure," she said, "that Millicent will be very glad to see you.
In a place like that where there can't be anybody to talk to--" "Even I might be welcome.

I'll look her up every Sunday.

I'll dine with her if she asks me on week-days; but I'm not going to stay with her in the house she has taken.

I like to be a free bird of the wild when I'm on my holidays.

The local inn, which is called the Imperial Hotel, and owned by a man named Doyle, is the place for me.