I could not but admire his handsome eager face, and admit with a bitter grudge that you would look long to find a comelier pair.
All this did not soothe my temper, and after an hour of it I was in desperate ill-humour with the world.

I had just reached the conclusion that I had had as much as I wanted, when I heard Elspeth's voice calling me.
"Come hither, Mr.Garvald," she said.

"We have a dispute which a third must settle.

I favour the cherry, and Mr.Grey fancies the blue; but I maintain that blue crowds cherry unfairly at the corners.

Use your eyes, sir, at the next turning." I used my eyes, which are very sharp, and had no doubt of it.
"That is a matter for the Master of the Course," said Mr.Grey.