If I remember rightly, the part of the land Sir Stephen bought belonged to the Herons." "I see," said Stafford.

"It strikes me it is rather a sad story, Mr.
Groves; it's a case of the children paying for the sins of their fathers." "That's it, sir," assented the landlord.

"It takes ages to build up a house and a family like the Herons; but one man can knock it down, so to speak.

It's hard lines for Miss Ida, who is as well-born as any of the titled people in the county, and far better than most.

They say that she's been wonderful well educated, too; though, of course, she hasn't seen anything of the world, having come straight from some small place in foreign parts to be shut up in the dale.