His fishing excursions from here have been of the same order, only more so.
All the places of importance, from here to the mouth of the Thames, have been mined, or rather the approaches to them have been mined, under his instructions.

My mission in this country, here at Dreymarsh--do not shrink from me if you can help it--was to obtain a copy of his mine protection scheme of a certain town on the east coast." "Why should I shrink from you ?" she murmured.

"This is all too wonderful! What a little beast Henry must think me!" she added, with truly feminine and marvellously selfish irrelevance.
"You and Miss Fairclough," Lessingham went on, "have rather scoffed at my presence here on behalf of our Secret Service.

It seemed to you both very ridiculous.

Now you understand." "It makes no difference," Philippa protested tearfully.