Indeed, of course he has, because he must know that it would be of no sort of use.

But he is one of those men of whom you can never say whether they are happy or not; and you never can be quite sure what may be in his mind." "He is not bound to the place at all--not like your father ?" "Oh, no," said Fanny, thinking perhaps that Mr.Saul might find himself to be bound to the place, though not exactly with bonds similar to those which kept her father there.
"If he found himself to be unhappy, he could go," said Florence.
"Oh, yes; he could go if he were unhappy," said Fanny.

"That is, he could go if he pleased." Lady Clavering had come to the wedding; but no one else had been present from the great house.

Sir Hugh, indeed, was not at home; but, as the rector truly observed, he might have been at home if he had so pleased.
"But he is a man," said the father to the son, "who always does a rude thing if it be in his power.

For myself, I care nothing for him, as he knows.