Mrs. Shaw had givengiveway to the presentimentpresentiment, as she expressedexpressit ; and had rather urgedurgeon the marriage , although it was below the expectations which many of Edith 's acquaintances had formed for her , a young and pretty heiress .
There were people on the ship with whom he had easily consortedconsort-- so far as ease could up to now be imputed to him -- and who for the most part plungedplungestraight into the current that set from the landing-stage to London ; there were others who had invitedinvitehim to a tryst at the inn and had even invokedinvokehis aid for a " look round " at the beauties of Liverpool ; but he had stolenstealaway from every one alike , had kept no appointment and renewed no acquaintance , had been indifferently aware of the number of persons who esteemed themselves fortunate in being , unlike himself , " metmeet, " and had even independently , unsociably , alone , without encounter or relapse and by mere quiet evasionevasion, givengivehis afternoon and evening to the immediate and the sensible .
And his father had givengivehim two five-shilling pieces for pocket money .
One day when he had been calledcallto the castle the butler had shownshowhim the marks of the soldiers ' slugs in the wood of the door and had givengivehim a piece of shortbread that the community ate .
As to Mary Jane , she is incorrigible , and my wife has givengiveher notice , but there , again , I failfailto see how you workworkit out . "
After the mother 's throes she felt very few sentiments of maternal tenderness : the children were givengiveto nurses , and she played with her dogs .
When he had reachedreachthe age of fourteen a friend of his late father , an agent for a foreign preserved milk firm , having givengivehim an opening as office-boy , he was discovereddiscoverone foggy afternoon , in his chief ’s absence , busy lettingletoff fireworks on the staircase .