"When Sir Thomas pays his visit——"
"You be to see that Dora is present. The creature has a wonderful way o' saying consoling words. I hae noticed that all men find her pleasant and satisfactory. She has the trick o' speaking just what they want to hear—the jade!"
"Do speak decently of Dora, mother. She is Robert's wife."
"More's the pity. God help the poor man! Little pleasure he has wi' her."
"It is not her fault."
"I see how it is—she will lead you wrong next."
"No one can lead me wrong. I wonder if Sir Thomas went to see Robert to-day."
"I think Robert would go and see him. We may wonder all day, but we will know, when Robert comes home; that is, if his temper will let him talk. Dod! but he is a true Campbell—flesh, blood, and bone."
"When Robert was in love with Dora, love made him a kind, good-tempered man."
"Kind men are not profitable in a house; they give where they ought to grip; and it is a sma' share o' this world you will get wi' good temper. You be to threep, and threaten for what you want, and the fires in the furnaces would soon burn low, if there was a kind, good-tempered man watching o'er them."