You can't get over that.

And a father's a father no matter what a mess he's got himself into.

You ain't going to throw over your own father--are you ?" It was difficult to say whether he was more absurd than cruel or more cruel than absurd.

Mrs.Fyne, with the fine ear of a woman, seemed to detect a jeering intention in his meanly unctuous tone, something more vile than mere cruelty.

She glanced quickly over her shoulder and saw the girl raise her two hands to her head, then let them fall again on her lap.