Not that he had ever to complain of any Unkindliness on the part of the Exmoor family; they were really in their own way very kind-hearted, friendly sort of people-that is to say, towards all members of their own circle; and as they considered Ernest one of themselves, in virtue of their acquaintance with his mother, they really did their best to make him as happy and comfortable as was in their power.
"Philistia"
Grant Allen