What made it more galling, the proprietor was not aware of the feud between the Bassetts, and had thought to please Sir Charles by selling to one of his name.
Sir Charles Bassett went home seriously vexed.

He did not mean to tell his wife; but love's eye read his face, love's arm went round his neck, and love's soft voice and wistful eyes soon coaxed it out of him.

"Dear Charles," said she, "never mind.

It is mortifying; but think how much you have, and how little that wicked man has.

Let him have that farm; he has lost his self-respect, and that is worth a great many farms.