I will try so hard to make you comfortable." He looked at her with an air of offended dignity.
"My child," he replied, "you must not talk to me like that.

If I did not feel that my duty lay with Elizabeth, I should insist upon your coming to me, and under those conditions it would be I who should provide, not you.

But for the moment I cannot leave your elder sister altogether.

She needs me." Beatrice turned away a little sadly.

They all three descended the stairs.
"I shall leave our young friend, Mr.Tavernake, to escort you to your home," the professor announced.