Will you wait a little ?" "Not a day!" The tone was positive.

There was no mistaking it.

Her mind was made up.
"Where's the hurry ?" "Have you eyes ?" she asked, vehemently.

"Have you ears?
Do you see how Lady Lundie looks at me?
Do you hear how Lady Lundie speaks to me?
I am suspected by that woman.

My shameful dismissal from this house may be a question of a few hours." Her head sunk on her bosom; she wrung her clasped hands as they rested on her lap.