First thing that morning he had sent her to that very drawer to look for something, and there lay the precious document--unsigned and unwitnessed--for any one to see.

He made no comment, nor of course did she.

He would probably forget it till the date of his son's marriage was announced, and then complete it in a hurry.
Take the farms and the park.

As to the farms there were two summonses now pending against him with regard to 'farms in hand'-- Holme Wood and another--besides the action in the case of the three incompetent men, Gregson at their head, who were being turned out.

With regard to ploughing up the park, all his attempts so far to put legal difficulties in the way of the County Committee had been quite futile.