He's A1 in politics, and a first-class business man, chairman of the great Southern Railway Company, and on the board of several other City companies." "I can't see what the gentry want to meddle with such things at all for," Mrs.Moyat said.

"There's some as says as the Duke's lost more than he can afford by speculations." "The Duke's a shrewd man," Mr.Moyat declared.

"It's easy to talk." "If he hasn't lost money," Mrs.Moyat demanded, "why is Rowchester Castle let to that American millionaire?
Why doesn't he live there himself ?" "Prefers the East Coast," Mr.Moyat declared cheerfully.

"More bracing, and suits his constitution better.

I've heard him say so himself." "That is all very well," Mrs.Moyat said, "but I can't see that Rowchester is a fit country house for a nobleman.