"O Lord!"

“I do adore the aristocracy!” Hirst exclaimed after a moment’s pause. “They’re so amazingly unscrupulous. None of us would dare to behave as that woman behaves.”

"Discharge me, little mother, for God`s sake! Order the keys to be taken from me," said he. "I have served twenty-three years and have done no wrong. Discharge me, for God`s sake!"

‘What could either do, that I cannot?’ rejoined Nicholas. ‘With reference to them, especially, I am enjoined to the strictest silence on this subject. What right have I to betray the confidence reposed in me, when nothing but a miracle can prevent this sacrifice?’