"Sir Thomas will see you," said the servant, putting some stress on the word will.
"Oh, I did not doubt that the least in the world," said Mr.Mollett, as he followed the man along the passage.
The morning was very cold.

There had been rainy weather, but it now appeared to be a settled frost.

The roads were rough and hard, and the man who was driving them said a word now and again to his young master as to the expediency of getting frost nails put into the horse's shoes.

"I'd better go gently, Mr.Herbert; it may be he might come down at some of these pitches." So they did go gently, and at last arrived safely at Berryhill.
And very busy they were there all day.

The inspection of the site for the mill was not their only employment.