Lord Cockletown, let him be what he may before, is of late a good landlord, and a friend to the people.

His niece, too, is--' He then complimented me upon some trifling acts of kindness I had paid to his family when--hem--ahem--in fact, when they stood much in need of it." This was a delicate evasion of any allusion to the cruel conduct of his mother towards the outlaw's family.
"When," she went on, "he had succeeded in restraining the meditated violence of the tories, he approached me--for they had already dragged me out, and indeed it was my screaming that brought him with such haste to the spot.

'Now, Miss Riddle,' said he, in a low whisper which my uncle could not hear, 'one good act deserves another; you were kind to my family when they stood sorely in need of it.

You and your uncle are safe, and, what is more, will be safe: I will take care of that; but forget Shawn-na Middogue, the outlaw and tory, or if ever you mention his name, let it be in a spirit of mercy and forgiveness.

Mr.Woodward, you will not hunt down this generous young man ?" "I would as soon hunt down my father, Miss Riddle, if he were alive.