And I swear to you, Martha, that I will keep my word, and if I may speak for my sons and my sons' sons, they also shall never fail in rendering unto God the thing I have promised.

Remind me of it.

Say to me, "Stephen, the Lord God is thy partner.

Don't thee defraud Him of one farthing."' And, my dears, when I promised he kissed me, and my cheeks were wet, and his cheeks were wet, but we were both of us very sure and happy.
"Well, my dear lads, after that your father walked straight forward to his place among the biggest cotton-spinners in England.

People all said, Stephen Hatton was a very philanthropic man.