First we bring a railway--always the first step; why, the line is already made for it by the course of the old river, and the distance from Newport three miles and a half.

It ought not to cost quite 200 pounds a mile--the mere outlay for rails and sleepers.

The land is all mine, and--and of course other landed proprietors'.

Very well: these would all unite, of course; so that not a farthing need be paid for land, which is the best half of the battle.

We have the station here--not too near my house; that would never do; I could not bear the noise--but in a fine central place where nobody on earth could object to it--lively, and close at hand for all of them.