"Did she hear of that?"
"I am sure she has not heard of it. But if that kind of thing becomes a habit, of course she will hear of it. All Dillsborough would hear of it, if that became common. At any rate it is not manly to drown it in drink."
"Who says I do that? Nothing will drown it."
"I wouldn't speak if I had not known you so long, and loved you so well. What she means is that you should work."
"I do work."
"And hunt. Go out to-morrow and show yourself to everybody."
"If I could break my neck I would."
"Don't let every farmer's son in the county say that Lawrence Twentyman was so mastered by a girl that he couldn't ride on horseback when she said him nay."
"Everybody knows it, Mr. Masters."
"Go among them as if nobody knew it. I'll warrant that nobody will speak of it."