Did you never hear Theophilus mention Sir Alexander Moncton ?" "Never." "Nor to whom his long visits in Yorkshire were made ?" "How should I?
No confidence existed between us.

I was indifferent to all his movements; not imagining that they could in any degree interest me." "I begin to see my way through this tangled maze," returned George, musingly.

"I now understand the secluded manner in which you have been brought up; and their reasons for keeping you a prisoner within these walls.

They have an important game to play, in which they do not want you to act a conspicuous part.

I can whisper a secret into your ears well worth the knowing--ay, and the keeping, too.