I shall build a house, with three rooms above and below, besides a small dairy; and I shall plant a fir-wood behind it to keep off the east winds.

The lime and bricks from my own works will not cost me much more than the expense of bringing them up here.' 'And a very pretty little hill-farm you'll make of it, James,' replied Thomas Wyley admiringly.

'I should not wonder now if you got L20 a year rent for it.' 'I shall get L25 in a few years,' said the other one: 'just think of the run for ponies on the hill, to say nothing of sheep.

A young, hard-working man could make a very tidy living up here; and we shall have a respectable house, instead of a pauper's family.' 'It will be a benefit to the neighbourhood,' observed Thomas Wyley.
The latter speaker, who was a degree pleasanter-looking than his brother, was the relieving officer of the large union to which Botfield belonged; and, in consequence, all poor persons who had grown too old, or were in any way unable to work, were compelled to apply to him for the help which the laws of our country provide for such cases.

James Wyley, the elder brother, was the owner of Botfield works, and the master of all the people employed in them, besides being the agent of the lord of the manor.