I should take it as a mark of affection from you if you would give up the army--at once." "And not join my regiment again at all ?" "It is absurd that you should do so in your present position.

You should be here, and learn the circumstances of the property before it becomes your own.

There can hardly be more than a year or two left for the lesson." The Earl's manner was very impressive.

He looked into his nephew's face as he spoke, and stood with his hand upon the young man's shoulder.
But Fred Neville was a Neville all over,--and the Nevilles had always chosen to have their own way.

He had not the power of intellect nor the finished manliness which his brother possessed; but he could be as obstinate as any Neville,--as obstinate as his father had been, or his uncle.