But she's patienter than others would be, and is clever too, and always willing, up to the full mark of her strength and over.

So I should say, in general, not so bad, sir, but might be better." Mrs.Blinder sat down to give herself a more favourable opportunity of recovering her breath, exhausted anew by so much talking before it was fully restored.

Mr.Jarndyce was turning to speak to us when his attention was attracted by the abrupt entrance into the room of the Mr.Gridley who had been mentioned and whom we had seen on our way up.
"I don't know what you may be doing here, ladies and gentlemen," he said, as if he resented our presence, "but you'll excuse my coming in.

I don't come in to stare about me.

Well, Charley! Well, Tom! Well, little one! How is it with us all to-day ?" He bent over the group in a caressing way and clearly was regarded as a friend by the children, though his face retained its stern character and his manner to us was as rude as it could be.