...annoyed at having to come and meet us, for I once heard him say, when he was talking to Papa, that if there was one thing he disliked more than another it was turning out after sunset. I thought it was very kind of him to come at all, and ventured _to say something...

...was out of hearing before Michael had finished speaking. He was in a hurry to be in time himself. For if there was one thing he disliked more than another it was being late for church. He had learned this from his father, one of those sober-minded, old fashioned,countrymen,...

...this, and had it not been that he was a privileged person, would have felt offended about it ; for if there was one thing he disliked more than another, it was being " preached at," as he called it. Edgar saw something of this annoyance, and he immediately asked...

...things that saved himself from trouble. He had had in his youth a hard, in his age an easy life ; and if there was one thing he disliked more than another, it was taking trouble. The Irish exuberance of Mr. Scanlan filled up all gaps, socially as well as clerically,...

...things that saved himself from trouble. He had had in his youth a hard, in his age an easy life ; and if there was one thing he disliked more than another, it was taking trouble. The Irish exuberance of Mr. Scanlan filled up all gaps, socially as well as clerically,...

...with the party, though he would infinitely have preferred a canter on the breezy downs by himself. If there was one thing he disliked more than another, it was what he termed ' a rattle.' One who kept up a continued noisy chatter and loud laugh at nothing, or,...

...their panic. Mr Bertram, who was reading English letters when they rushed in, came forward impatiently. If there was one thing he disliked more than another, it was n.erves. One of the most gentle and sympathising of men in real danger or trouble, he had little pity...

...subscription towards the fund that would be expected from him, as one of the chief men in New Thoroton ; and if there was one thing he disliked more than another, it was giving a subscription. There was seldom anything to show for it, and there was no praise gained ; of...

...and ran over to the corner for them." " I have often asked you " Scott began, and checked himself. If there was one thing he disliked more than another, it was his wife's propensity for dashing into the street with something thrown about her. But this time he...

...does not make love by force!" she cried. It checked him as nothing else on earth could have done, for if there was one thing he disliked more than another it was any suggestion of inferiority to the polish of the French, of a lack of their savoir-faire. He looked...