The squire in speaking of his sister-in-law's cottage always called it the Small House.
"Only think of my winning," said Lady Julia, drawing together her wealth.

"Well, I'm sure I want it bad enough, for I don't at all know whether I've got any income of my own.

It's all John Eames' fault, my dear, for he won't go and make those people settle it in Lincoln's Inn Fields." Poor Lily, who was standing on the hearth-rug, touched her mother's arm.

She knew that Johnny's name was lugged in with reference to Lady Julia's money altogether for her benefit.

"I wonder whether she ever had a Johnny of her own," she said to her mother, "and, if so, whether she liked it when her friends sent the town-crier round to talk about him." "She means to be good-natured," said Mrs.Dale.
"Of course she does.