And occasionally the men and women of Scroope would make a journey to their county town.

But the Earl was told that old Mrs.
Brock of the Scroope Arms could not keep the omnibus on the road unless he would subscribe to aid it.

Of course he subscribed.

If he had been told by his steward to subscribe to keep the cap on Mrs.Brock's head, he would have done so.

Twelve pounds a year his Lordship paid towards the omnibus, and Scroope was not absolutely dissevered from the world.
The Earl himself was never seen out of his own domain, except when he attended church.