"For gracious sake, Mr.
Twentyman, don't let him stay in that place there half the night," said Mrs.Masters.

"It ain't fit for a father of a family." "Father never does stay half the night," said Kate, who took more liberties in that house than any one else.
"Hold your tongue, miss.

I don't know whether it wouldn't be better for you, Mr.Twentyman, if you were not there so often yourself." Poor Larry felt this to be hard.

He was not even engaged as yet, and as far as he could see was not on the way to be engaged.

In such condition surely his possible mother-in-law could have no right to interfere with him.