He has more education than most, and oh! the _bitterness_ at the bottom of him.

But not against persons--individuals.

It is like a sort of blind patience when you come to that--they make excuses even for Uncle Robert, to whom they have paid rent all these years for a cottage which is a crime--yes, a _crime_! The woman must have been such a pretty creature--and refined too.

She is consumptive, of course--what else could you expect with that cottage and that food?
So is the eldest boy--a little white atomy! And the other children.

Talk of London--I never saw such sickly objects as there are in this village.