"I didn't know there was to be any brickwork.

You said you would have it made of deal slabs with oak posts." "You must have a foundation, sir.

I propose to carry the brickwork a foot and a half above the ground." "I suppose you know best.

Only that kind of thing is so very ugly." "If you find it to be ugly after it is done, it shall be pulled down again." "No;--it can never come down again." "It can;--and it shall, if you don't like it.

I never think anything of changes like that." "I think they'll be very pretty!" said Clara.
"I dare say," said the squire; "but at any rate it won't make much difference to me.