You have not been all over the world for nothing.

But if you have made up your mind to settle, and be happy in your native parts, one thing must be attended to.

It is a maxim of law, time-honored and of the highest authority, that the tenant must never call in question the title of his landlord.

Before attorning, you may do so; after that you are estopped.

Now is it or is it not your wish to become the tenant of the Smithies farm, which your father held so honorably?
Farm produce is fetching great prices now; and if you refuse this offer, we can have a man, the day after to-morrow, who will give my ladies 10 pounds more, and who has not been a soldier, but a farmer all his life." "Lawyer Jellicorse, I will take it; for Sally hath set her heart on it; and I know every crumple of the ground better than the wisest farmer doth.