The young man's mood seemed fretful; he complained of the heat, of the dust, of a shoe that hurt him, of having gone on an errand a mile to the other side of the town and found the person he was in search of had left Northampton an hour before.
"Won't you have a cup of tea ?" Cecilia asked.

"Perhaps that will restore your equanimity." "Aye, by keeping me awake all night!" said Hudson.

"At the best, it 's hard enough to go down to the office.

With my nerves set on edge by a sleepless night, I should perforce stay at home and be brutal to my poor mother." "Your mother is well, I hope." "Oh, she 's as usual." "And Miss Garland ?" "She 's as usual, too.

Every one, everything, is as usual.