Mr.Belcher's did not contain many books, but it contained a great deal of room for them.

Here he spent his evenings, kept his papers in a huge safe built into the wall, smoked, looked down on the twinkling village and his huge mill, counted his gains and constructed his schemes.

Of Mrs.Belcher and the little Belchers, he saw but little.

He fed and dressed them well, as he did his horses.

All gentlemen feed and dress their dependents well.