You've said enough, sir; he won't suit me.

I shall have to be in the city for a time, almost every day, and would not, by any means, feel safe or comfortable in knowing that such a person was in charge of things.

Besides, my mother, who is getting in years, has a particular dread of an intoxicated man, and I would on no account expose her to the danger of being troubled from this cause.

My sisters, who have lived all their lives in cities, will be timid in the country, and I therefore particularly desire the right kind of a man on the premises--one who may be looked to as a protector in my absence.

You understand, now, what kind of a person I want ?" "Clearly." "This Burk would not suit." "I'm afraid not.