10/14 It is really a model farm; first-rate dairy, grazing and wheat land, and such splendid farm-buildings! An expensive hobby, though. He sinks a good deal of money there, I fancy. He has a great whim for black cattle, and he sends that drunken old Scotch bailiff of his to Scotland every year, with hundreds in his pocket, to buy these beasts.' 'By the by,' said Mr.Ely, 'do you know who is the man to whom Lord Watling has given the Bramhill living ?' 'A man named Sargent. His brother is a lawyer, and was very useful to Lord Watling in that ugly Brounsell affair. |