He had a wise perception about women; and he reflected that he had very seldom repented of speaking too little to them, but very often repented of speaking too much.

So he dropped Stephen, and dropped Julius; and began to talk about the fish in the becks and tarns, and the new breed of sheep he was trying in the lower "walks." Ere long they came into the rich valley of Furness; and he made her notice the difference between it and the vale of Esk and Duddon, with its dreary waste of sullen moss and unfruitful solitudes.
"Those old Cistercian monks that built Furness Abbey knew how to choose a bit of good land, Charlotte.

Eh?
What ?" "I suppose so.

What did they do with it ?" "Let it out." "I wonder who would want to come here seven hundred years ago." "You don't know what you are saying, Charlotte.

There were great men here then, and great deeds doing.