After considerable hesitation, her implicit belief in Moody's truth and devotion, assisted by a strong feeling of curiosity to see the companion with whom the steward had associated himself, decided Isabel on consenting to keep the appointment. Taking up her position beyond the houses, on the day and at the hour mentioned by Moody, she believed herself to be fully prepared for the most unfavorable impression which the most disagreeable of all possible strangers could produce. As for Moody's companion, to look at him for a second time was more than she had resolution to do. Under the circumstances, the interview threatened to begin in a very embarrassing manner. Old Sharon's effrontery was equal to any emergency.
Disappointment takes different forms, miss, in different men.
I don't think I have had heart enough to brush my hair for the last fifty years. She was a magnificent woman, Mr. Moody, and she dropped me like a hot potato. Let us pursue this painful subject no further. The fields, my dear, bring out all the poetry of my nature. Does his inside good, you know, after a meat diet in London.