It's too lonely there,--there's nobody to hate since Dick's gone." The Doctor laughed good-naturedly, as if this were an amusing bit of pleasantry,--but he lifted his head and dropped his eyes a little, so as to see her through his spectacles.

She narrowed her lids slightly, as one often sees a sleepy cat narrow hers,--somewhat as you may remember our famous Margaret used to, if you remember her at all,--so that her eyes looked very small, but bright as the diamonds on her breast.

The old Doctor felt very oddly as she looked at him; he did not like the feeling, so he dropped his head and lifted his eyes and looked at her over his spectacles again.
"And how have you all been at the mansion house ?" said the Doctor.
"Oh, well enough.

But Dick's gone, and there's nobody left but Dudley and I and the people.

I'm tired of it.