The butler, to vex poor Jane, had taken away her Bible from her before he took away her character; but what happened?

I thought no more about it, but presently my niece came in and asked me why I had vexed poor Annette.

'It would vex poor Bet if I did.'

"We are off Hatteras," he informed me, "but we have not met with the stormy seas that vex poor mariners hereabouts.