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"'He's the kind that fair bullies you into living whether you want to or not.'"

"- she and old Dr. Grainger were allies of long standing. He bullied and she defied- they always got a good deal of pleasure out of each other's company!"

"But her sensible, shrewd, Victorian mind would not admit that for a moment. There was no foolish optimism about the Victorians. They could believe the worst with the utmost ease.
Emily Arundell believed the worst."

"'Hmph,' said Emily Arundell. 'All here for what they can get.'
'Oh, dear Miss Arundell-'
'My good Minnie, I'm not a fool, whatever else I am! I just wonder which of them will open the subject first.'"

"'Oh, she's crazy about him!' said Charles with confidence. 'Odd taste, but there it is. I think it must be the way he looks at her, as though she were a scientific specimen and not a live woman. That's rather a novelty for Theresa. Pity the fellow's so poor. Theresa's got expensive tastes.'"

"It was poor Bella's fate in life to be passionately fond of clothes without having any clothes sense."

"Bob and Spot, the butcher's dog, circled slowly round each other, hackles raised, growling gently. Spot was a stout dog of nondescript breed. He knew that he must not fight with customer's dogs, but he permitted himself to tell them, by subtle indication, just exactly what mincemeat he would make of them were he free to do so.
Bob, a dog of spirit, replied in kind."