For all the pretence of due legal process and distaste at Ms Yingluck's nepotism, this was not an offence that merited the ousting of a prime minister.
Without saying a disloyal word about Suellen, she could tell him she understood how badly her sister had treated him and what good treatment he merited from a woman who really appreciated him.
When she came to that part of the letter in which her family were mentioned, in terms of such mortifying, yet merited reproach, her sense of shame was severe.
The superintendent said aloud: " Pupil Pietro Precossi has merited the second medal this week, —merited it by his work at home, by his lessons, by his handwriting, by his conduct in every way" .