Then he'll double them, and take your wife to his bosom, and kiss her and bless her, and all that kind of thing.

We all know what parental wrath means in such cases as that." "But my sister--" "As for your sister, don't talk to me about her.

I don't care two straws about your sister.

You must excuse me, Major Grantly, but Lady Hartletop is really too big for my powers of vision." "And Edith,--of course, Mrs.Thorne, I can't be blind to the fact that in many ways such a marriage would be injurious to her.

No man wishes to be connected with a convicted thief." "No, Major Grantly; but a man does wish to marry the girl that he loves.