And she says that Sir Stephen--that's the gentleman as owns it all--is a kind of king, with his own body servant and a--a--I forget what they call him; it's a word like a book-case." "A secretary," suggested Ida.
"Yes, that's it, miss! But that he's quite simple and pleasant-like, and that he's as easily pleased as if he were a mere nobody.

And Susie says that she runs out after dinner and peeps into the stables, and that it's full of horses and that there's a dozen carriages, some of 'em grand enough for the Lord Mayor of London; and that there's a head coachman and eight or nine men and boys under him.

I'm thinking, Miss Ida, that the Court"-- the Court was the Vaynes' place--"or Bannerdale Grange ain't half so grand." "I daresay," said Ida.

"Is the lunch nearly ready, Jessie ?" "Yes, miss; I was only waiting for you to come in.

And Suzie's seen the young Mr.Orme, Sir Stephen's son, and she says that he's the handsomest gentleman she ever saw; and she heard Mr.Davis tell one of the new hands that Mr.Stafford was a very great gentleman amongst the fashionable people in London; and that very likely he'd marry one of the great ladies that is coming down.