He says he does not know." The young fellow looked up with an air of insolent effrontery.
"I don't know that it is any business of yours, Mr.Thorndyke, what I do with myself." "Oh, yes, it is," the Squire replied.

"This village and the people in it are mine.

You are disturbing the village with your blackguard conduct; you are annoying some of the girls on the estate, and altogether you are making yourself a nuisance.

I stopped at the alehouse as I came here, and have ordered the landlord to draw no more liquor for you, and unless you amend your conduct, and that quickly, I will have you out of the village altogether." "I fancy, Mr.Thorndyke, that, even as a justice of the peace, you have not the power to dictate to my father who shall be the occupant of this house." "What you say is perfectly true; but as you make your father's life a burden to him, and he is desirous of your absence, I can and will order the village constable to remove you from his house by force, if necessary." The young fellow cast an evil glance at his father.

"He has not been complaining, has he ?" he said, with a sneer.
"He has not, sir," John Thorndyke said indignantly.