Both hoped to protract the discovery of what had happened—the mother, by interposing her bustling person betwixt Mr. Girder and the fire, and the daughter, by the extreme cordiality with which she received the minister and her husband […]

Bradley's bathysiderodromophobia prevents her from travelling easily.

I guess it's a lot of work for a cop to juggle personal relationships. / Tell me about it.

These uplands are still growing, and comparatively young, but their nature points to past sublineation of thick accumulations of sediment, from abundant sources, and therefore active volcanicity