that the Ayah could not come and when Mary threw herself into a passionpassionand beatbeatand kickedkickher , she looked only more frightened and repeatedrepeatthat it was not possible for the Ayah to come to Missie Sahib .
This put my mother into a great passionpassion; she toldtellme she knew it would be to no purpose to speak to my father upon any such subject ; that he knew too well what was my interest to give his consent to anything so much for my hurt ; and that she wonderedwonderhow I could think of any such thing after the discoursediscourseI had had with my father , and such kind and tender expressionsexpressionas she knew my father had used to me ; and that , in short , if I would ruin myself , there was no help for me ; but I might depend I should never have their consent to it ; that for her part she would not have so much hand in my destruction ; and I should never have it to say that my mother was willing when my father was not .
Even envious Miss Briggs never spoke ill of her ; high and mighty Miss Saltire ( Lord Dexter 's granddaughter ) allowed that her figure was genteel ; and as for Miss Swartz , the rich woolly-haired mulatto from St. Kitt 's , on the day Amelia wentgoaway , she was in such a passionpassionof tearstearthat they were obliged to sendsendfor Dr. Floss , and half tipsifytipsifyher with salvolatile .