The Rector, Mr.Pennington, quite unaware of the doughty deeds that had been done at the Chetworth gate, and coming from his own house which stood within the park enclosure, ran into the Squire at a cross-road.
The Squire looked at him askance, and kept his own counsel.

The Rector was a man of peace, and had once or twice tried to dissuade the Squire from his proposed acts of war.

The Squire, therefore, did not mean to discuss them with him.

But, in general, he and the Rector were good friends.

The Rector was a bit of a man of the world, and never attempted to put a quart into a pint-pot.