I heard her say that he was growing too fast and had been languid of late.
Mrs.Dawson came and sat by me.

She sighed with quiet satisfaction as she subsided into her chair.
"It all went off very well, dear," she said, "didn't it?
Dawson was very anxious that it should; and I couldn't eat a bit for thinking of what would happen if it didn't go off well." I answered her that it had gone off very well.

It was impossible to dislike her, poor soul; and it was easy to see that she had a wretched life between her husband who was an intolerant tyrant to her and the fine folk he liked to see about him now that his money was made, who were rude and neglectful to her.
"I'm glad you think that, my dear," she said.

"Indeed, I think Dawson looked quite cheerful.

And I was very glad to see that you and Rick were making friends.