A little will go a long way with her.' Mr.Hamilton said no more on the subject just then, but a few days afterwards he told me that he intended to buy the cottage.

He had a good deal of house-property in Heathfield, and a cottage more or less did not matter to him.
'They shall live in it rent-free, and I will take care of the repairs.
There will be no need for Miss Locke to work so hard then.

She is a good woman, and I thoroughly respect her.

Of course I know she is a favourite of yours, Miss Garston, but you must not think that influences me.' 'As though I should imagine such a thing!' I returned, in quite an affronted tone.

But Mr.Hamilton only laughed.
'You are such an insignificant person, you see,' he went on mischievously.