But he didn't care about university honors; he's a quiet man--not noisy." "Ah, a deal better--a deal better," said Mr.Tulliver; "but a hundred and fifty's an uncommon price.

I never thought o' paying so much as that." "A good education, let me tell you, Tulliver,--a good education is cheap at the money.

But Stelling is moderate in his terms; he's not a grasping man.

I've no doubt he'd take your boy at a hundred, and that's what you wouldn't get many other clergymen to do.

I'll write to him about it, if you like." Mr.Tulliver rubbed his knees, and looked at the carpet in a meditative manner.
"But belike he's a bachelor," observed Mrs.Tulliver, in the interval; "an' I've no opinion o' housekeepers.