'Is she going to make a quarrel of it all our lives ?' thought Nelly impatiently.

'And when George is so nice to her! How can she be so silly!' 'We were talking about our visitor who has just left,' said Sarratt, clearing a chair for his sister-in-law.

'Ah, you came from the other direction, you just missed him.' 'The man'-- said Nelly--'who was so awfully polite to me on Saturday--Sir William Farrell.' Bridget's countenance lost its stiffness at once--became eager and alert.
'What did he come for ?' 'To bring us permission to use the boat for a week,' said Nelly.
'Wasn't it decent of him ?--and to do it so quick!' 'Oh, that's the Farrell way--always was,' said Bridget complacently, as though she had the family in her pocket.

'When they think of a thing it's done.

It's hit or miss.