9.

"I can't believe they said no" William said, sighing, for the umpteenth time 

Benjamin rolled his eyes again 

"A good wake up call, wasn't it dad?" Benjamin asked sarcastically 

"Cut the sarcasm Ben" 

"It was expected" Elizabeth  said 

"I actually liked them" William  said and Benjamin raised an eyebrow at that 

William Lockwood is a man pretty hard to please. To know that he liked the family after a half an hour visit is quite surprising. 

"What? Don't look at me like that. I'm actually a pretty good judge of character. And they all seem very humble and honest people." 

"Well. It was not meant to be" Elizabeth  said ...