I assure you that there is no cause for any anger on your part; and I am come to entreat you to forget and forgive any conduct of mine which may have caused you to mistake either me or the lady whom I am unworthy to mention." "I am glad the beggar fired at him," thought Tom.

"One spice of danger, and he's himself again, and will overawe the poor cur by mere civility.
I was afraid of some abject methodist parson humility, which would give the other party a handle." Elsley heard him with a stupefied look, like that of a trapped wild beast, in which rage, shame, suspicion, and fear, were mingled with the vacant glare of the opium-eater's eye.

Then his eye drooped beneath Campbell's steady gentle gaze, and he looked uneasily round the room, still like a trapped wild beast, as if for a hole to escape by; then up again, but sidelong, at Major Campbell.
"I assure you, sir, on the word of a Christian and a soldier, that you are labouring under an entire misapprehension.

For God's sake and Mrs.
Vavasour's sake, come back, sir, to those who will receive you with nothing but affection! Your wife has been all but dead; she thinks of no one but you, asks for no one but you.

In God's name, sir, what are you doing here, while a wife who adores you is dying from your--I do not wish to be rude, sir, but let me say at least--neglect ?" Elsley looked at him still askance, puzzled, inquiring.