But if you do cost as much as they, never mind.

You'll yield a better return." "Don't think of me like that!" she begged.

"A mere chattel." "A what?
Oh, a dictionary word.

Well, as that's in your line I don't forbid it, even if it tells against me," he said, good-humoredly.

And he looked her proudly up and down.
A few minutes later Grammer Oliver came to tell them that supper was ready, and in giving the information she added, incidentally, "So we shall soon lose the mistress of Hintock House for some time, I hear, Maister Melbury.