Charlotte M. Yonge
"The Carbonels"
Chapter One.
French Measure.
“For thy walls a pretty slight drollery.”
The Second Part of King Henry IV.
“A bad lot. Yes, sir, a thoroughly bad lot.”
“You don’t mean it.”
“Yes, ma’am, a bad lot is the Uphill people. Good for nothing and ungrateful! I’ve known them these thirty-years, and no one will do anything with them.”