pounds with thee. If it comes to money, we can put down more brass than he can—ay, than he can. But thou art his wife, Eleanor, and thou must try and get thy happiness out of him. And thou won't get happiness out of Anthony Aske by fighting him. If iver thou means to be a woman, thy first and hardest battles must be with thyself."
"I thought he loved me better than everything. He said so often, and now love seems to be quite forgotten."
"He loves thee, I am sure of that; but men hev many a thing to think of. Don't thee set too much store on love, or expect more happiness from it than iver it gives either to men or women."
"He has such a wilful, do-as-I-tell-you temper, father, and you know I hev not been used to call any man lord or master."
"Sarah called Abraham lord."
"Sarah had a great many faults, and that was one of the worst of them. I am not going to imitate Sarah. Besides, Sarah would not think of doing such a thing if she lived in England in the nineteenth century."
