And notwithstanding the pleasure he had in uniting in his person the strong red blood of the chivalrous Lord Beauchamp with the hard and tenacious Romfrey blood, he hated the title of Norman.

We are English--British, he said.

A family resting its pride on mere ancestry provoked his contempt, if it did not show him one of his men.

He had also a disposition to esteem lightly the family which, having produced a man, settled down after that effort for generations to enjoy the country's pay.

Boys are unjust; but Nevil thought of the country mainly, arguing that we should not accept the country's money for what we do not ourselves perform.