I am so sorry you should have been annoyed." "I assure you I am far more annoyed on Percy's account than my own.

I happen to know something of Jeffreys before he came to Wildtree.

To tell you the truth, Mrs Rimbolt, I don't think he is a safe companion for Percy at all." "I have long felt the same; but what is to be done, Mr Scarfe?
Mr Rimbolt has almost the same craze as Percy for this librarian of his, and I have really no voice in the matter.

He contrives to leave nothing definite to lay hold of; I should be thankful if he did.

But it is most uncomfortable to feel that one's own son is perhaps being ruined under this roof." "It must be.