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He was at this point when Lord Ormersfield entered, and after his daily civil ceremonious inquiries of the ladies whether they had walked or driven out, he turned to his son, saying, 'I met Mr. Calcott just now, and heard from him that he had been sorry to convict a person in whom you took interest, a lad from Marksedge. What did you know of him?
The keeper's wife, who had the charge over them, came out: 'Oh, my Lord, I am so sorry! They pretty ducks! 'Ha! the foxes? 'I wish it was, my Lord; but it is they poachers out at Marksedge that are so daring, they would come anywheres and you see the ducks would roost up in the trees, and you said I was not to shut 'em up at night.
'I do not think you would change your congregation for the wretched crowds of brown beggars, said Mary. 'Would I not? cried Louis. 'Oh! if the analogous class here in England could but feel that the church was for them! not driven out and thrust aside, by our respectability. 'Marksedge to wit! said a good-humoured voice, as Mr.
'I do not know. I had been thinking of trying whether I can get as far as Marksedge. Marksedge would be fatal to the ankle, solitude to the spirits, thought the Earl; and he at once declared his intention of walking with his son as far as he should let him go.
At least, it was making the Earl insensible to the space they were traversing, and the black outlines of Marksedge were rising on him before he was aware. Then he would have turned, but Louis pleaded that having come so far, he should be glad to speak to Madison's grandfather, and one or two other old people, and he prevailed. Lord Ormersfield was not prepared for the real aspect of the hamlet.
She knew where all his property was, and, in her quaint, straightforward way, would refuse to give him whatever 'was not good for him. It was all to oblige Mary that, when he could sit up and use pen and pencil, he set to work to finish his cottage plans, and soon drew and talked himself into a vehement condition about Marksedge.
'And mind you write to me, Tom, and tell how you get on. I'll write, and let you know about your grandfather, and Marksedge news and all The 'Thank you, my Lord, came with great pleasure and alacrity. 'Some day, when you are a foreman, perhaps I may bring Miss Clara to see copper-smelting.
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