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Jardine, the curate, was supposed to have impressed the damsel's fancy more deeply than she would care to own. 'He is an Oxford man. 'There is Oxford and Oxford, said Bess. 'If all the Oxford men were like young Havenant, the only course open to the rest of the world would be to burn Oxford, just as Oxford burned the martyrs. 'Well, we may count Mr. Jardine as an eligible, I suppose?
Havenant always talked of his letters as if they contained all the law and the prophets. His correspondents were high in office, unimpeachable authorities, men who had the ear of the House, or who pulled the strings of the Government. 'I am told on the best authority that there will be no war, he said, swelling, or seeming to swell, as he spoke.
Havenant. 'We couldn't have a better place for the working men's club than old Parker's cottage, said the Vicar, addressing himself to Colonel Wendover. 'If Russia advances a foot farther, there must be war in Beloochistan, said Dr. Rylance; 'and if England is blind to the exigencies of the situation, I should like to know how you are going to get your troops through the Bolan Pass.
Hildrop Havenant leading, and the Vicar a good second; but now and then there was a brief diversion from the parish to European politics, when Dr. Rylance who secretly abhorred parochial talk dashed to the fore and talked with an authority which it was hard for the others to keep under.
Hildrop Havenant, the great people of a neighbouring settlement, with their eldest son, also an Oxonion; and Dr. and Miss Rylance.
'A single line to Romsey would send up the value of land fifty per cent, said the Colonel, who cared much more about Hampshire than Hindostan, although the best years of his life had been spent under Indian skies. Hildrop Havenant pricked up his ears, and forgot all about the War Office.
He spoke of the impending declaration of war there is generally some such thing as if he had been at the War Office that morning in confidential converse with the chief officials; but this was more than Squire Havenant could endure, and he flatly contradicted the physician on the strength of his morning's correspondence. Mr.
'How do you make three, Aunt Betsy? inquired her niece. 'Of course we all know that young Hildrop Havenant is heir to nearly all the land between Havenant and Romsey; but he is such a mass of affectation that I can't imagine anybody wanting to marry him. And as for Mr. Jardine 'Is he a mass of affectation, too, Bess? inquired Aunt Betsy with intention, for Mr.
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