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Trevanion here much?" "Ay, ay! I don't mean to say that he goes away altogether, but it ain't as it wor in my day, when the Hogtons lived here all the year round in their warm house, not that one." Good old woman, and these poor banished Hogtons, thought I, hateful parvenu! I was pleased when a curve in the shrubberies shut out the house from view, though in reality bringing us nearer to it.
But I am the only person to blame. Pray say that, if you mention the circumstance at all!" and I drew out half a crown, which I proffered to my new conductor. He put back the money with a low "Humph! not amiss." Then, in a louder voice, "No occasion to bribe me, young man; I saw it all." "I fear your master is rather hard to the poor Hogtons' old servants." "Is he? Oh! humph! my master. Mr.
"I made a mistake, I see," said my companion, good-humoredly, noticing my embarrassment. "Here we are at the lodge. The coach will be by in five minutes: you can spend that time in hearing the old woman praise the Hogtons and abuse me. And hark you, sir, never care three straws for praise or blame, leather and prunella!
Trevanion here much?" "Ay, ay! I don't mean to say that he goes away altogether, but it ain't as it wor in my day, when the Hogtons lived here all the year round in their warm house, not that one." Good old woman, and these poor banished Hogtons, thought I, hateful parvenu! I was pleased when a curve in the shrubberies shut out the house from view, though in reality bringing us nearer to it.
But I am the only person to blame. Pray say that, if you mention the circumstance at all!" and I drew out half a crown, which I proffered to my new conductor. He put back the money with a low "Humph! not amiss." Then, in a louder voice, "No occasion to bribe me, young man; I saw it all." "I fear your master is rather hard to the poor Hogtons' old servants." "Is he? Oh! humph! my master. Mr.
I come, with capital and intelligence; I redeem the soil, I banish pauperism, I civilize all around me: no merit in me, I am but a type of capital guided by education, a machine. And yet the old woman is not the only one who will hint to you that the Hogtons were angels, and myself the usual antithesis to angels.
"You remember it in other hands, then?" "Ay, ay! When the Hogtons had it, honest folk! My good man was the gardener, none of those set-Lip fine gentlemen who can't put hand to a spade." Poor faithful old woman! I began to hate the unknown proprietor.
"You remember it in other hands, then?" "Ay, ay! When the Hogtons had it, honest folk! My good man was the gardener, none of those set-Lip fine gentlemen who can't put hand to a spade." Poor faithful old woman! I began to hate the unknown proprietor.
I come, with capital and intelligence; I redeem the soil, I banish pauperism, I civilize all around me: no merit in me, I am but a type of capital guided by education, a machine. And yet the old woman is not the only one who will hint to you that the Hogtons were angels, and myself the usual antithesis to angels.
"I made a mistake, I see," said my companion, good-humoredly, noticing my embarrassment. "Here we are at the lodge. The coach will be by in five minutes: you can spend that time in hearing the old woman praise the Hogtons and abuse me. And hark you, sir, never care three straws for praise or blame, leather and prunella!
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