"He's a horrid, hateful man.

Isn't he, Mr Armstrong ?" Mr Armstrong, thus appealed to, looked a little uncomfortable, and nodded.
"Yes," blurted the girl; "and if it hadn't been for Mr Armstrong, father, he might have hurt me very much." "Explain yourself," said the fond father, becoming interested.
"I don't want to talk about him," said Jill.
"What does all this mean, Armstrong ?" "As far as I am concerned, it means that I took the liberty of knocking Mr Ratman down for insulting your daughter.

I am sorry you were not present to do it yourself." Captain Oliphant turned white, and red, and black in succession.
"You knocked a visitor of mine--" "Down twice," said the tutor, helping himself to sugar.
"Oh, what a lark!" exclaimed Tom.

"Oh, I wish I'd been up too.

Was it a good mill, I say?
How many rounds?
Six?
Why ever didn't you come and tell me, Jill ?" "Be quiet, Tom," said Jill.
"Did you get him clean on the jaw, I say ?" persisted Tom, "like the one--" "Hold your tongue, sir," said his father peremptorily.