Nothing is more common in noble families.

Would you like to be a soldier ?" "No, I do not care for that, and yet----" "That is your last resource, Marquis.

First, then, we could lay a plaint before the court." "A plaint ?" "Certainly.

Do you suppose that our laws do not provide for such a case as a father exceeding the proper bounds of parental authority?
Tell me, has the Duke, your father, ever struck you ?" "Never once." "Well, that is almost a pity.

We will say that your father's property is worth two millions, and yet you derive so slight a benefit from this that you are known everywhere as the 'Young Savage of Champdoce'!" Norbert started to his feet.
"Who dares speak of me like that ?" said he furiously.