"But I hold that you come of a breed as old and as good as any in the land.

Your father was a yeoman of the good old-fashioned sort; and your mother--well, everyone hereabouts knows that she was a lady born and bred.

I don't see what titles have to do with breeding," said Granny Grimshaw stoutly.

"Not that I despise the aristocracy.

Dear me, no! But when all is said and done, no man can be better than a gentleman, and no woman can look higher.