The villagers were wont to say that Mr.Frederick had ten times more pride than Mr.John.They were not far wrong--Mr.John had none at all.
"Boy!" Frederick sternly said, "what grounds have you for saying it was like one of the gentlemen ?" Dan Duff began to sob.

"I dun know who it were," he said; "indeed I don't.

But he were tall, and his clothes looked dark.

Please, sir, if you basted me, I couldn't tell no more." It was believed that he could not.

Mr.Verner dismissed him, and John Massingbird, according to order, went to bring in Mrs.Roy.
He was some little time before he found her.