Florrie had seized some fragment of silly gossipTurnhill was notorious for its silly gossipand the two of them had embroidered it in the nastiness of their souls.

Novel readers are exceedingly quick to smell the rhubarb under the jam in the dose offered to them, and set themselves against the undesired preachment, as obstinately as the naughtiest little boy who ever refused to be physicked with nastiness for his good.

Who drummed such nastiness into your head?