I can bid off the farm for a small sum additional and make a capital bargain.

It will make a very good place for you to settle down upon, John." "Me!" said John disdainfully.

"You don't expect me to become a plodding farmer, I trust.

I've got talent for something better than that, I should hope." "No," said the squire, "I have other news for you.

Still, you could hire a farmer to carry it on for you, and live out there in the summer." "Well, perhaps that would do," said John, thinking that it would sound well for him, even if he lived in the city, to have a place in the country.