I suppose he was meditating whether you would live here and ask him to dinner on Sundays!" "Mr.Possitt is a very good sort of man," said the Captain, gravely;--for Captain Aylmer, in the carrying out of his principles, always spoke seriously of everything connected with the Church in Perivale.
"And quite worthy to be asked to dinner on Sundays," said Clara.

"But I did not give him any hope.

How could I?
Of course I knew that you would not live here, though I did not tell him so." "No; I don't suppose I shall.

But I see very plainly that you think I ought to do so." "I've the old-fashioned idea as to a man's living near to his own property; that is all.

No doubt it was good for other people in Perivale, besides Mr.Possitt, that my dear aunt lived here; and if the house is shut up, or let to some stranger, they will feel her loss the more.