Her opposition, though fruitless, had indeed been so strenuous that the subject was a sore one between them; and had the opportunity been less palpable, she would scarcely have ventured to revert to it that night.
She had done so, however, and carried her point.

He had passed his word to her that he would undertake no more such hazards, and Dick's word was as steadfast as Carew's.

He was aimless and indolent; but as a mean man, who brings himself to perform some act of munificence, will effect it unsparingly, or a selfish man, "when he is about it," will be all self-abnegation; so, when he _had_ made up his mind, his determination was rock.

Mrs.Yorke then felt sure of her son so far, and rejoiced at it.

But she was disturbed about him on other accounts.