In the dining-room they found Captain Bangs awaiting them.

Miss Parker made her appearance bearing a steaming teapot.

Hannah, now that they had an opportunity to inspect her, was seen to be as tall and sharp-featured as her brother was short and round.

She was at least fifteen years older than he, but she moved much more briskly.

Also she treated Kenelm as she might have treated a child, an only child who needed constant suppression.
"Please to be seated, everybody," she said.