Of course, as he is educated, no lengthy and oft-repeated explanations are needed; but the squire forgets that time is valuable, and lingers merely to chat.

He has so much time to spare, he is apt to overlook that the solicitor has none.

The clergyman will talk, talk, talk in rounded periods, and nothing will stop him; very often he drives his wife in with him from the village, and the wife must have her say.

As for Hodge and his mortgage, ten years would not suffice for his business, were he allowed to wander on.

The problem is to bring these impracticable people to the point with perfect courtesy.